List of crossings of the River Wye

Crossings of the River Wye in the UK cover the whole length of the from its source to the River Severn. For much of its length the river forms part of the border between England and Wales. The lower Wye Valley is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There are some 15 Grade II listed bridges, one Grade II* listed bridge and three Grade I listed bridges.

Crossings

In order, moving downstream:

Crossing	Coordinates	Built	Heritage status	Locality	Notes	Refs	Image
Source of the River Wye			-	Plynlimon	Included for completeness
Y Drum Bridge		1965		Pont Rhydgaled	The first bridge over the Wye, below its source. A steel beam structure with a wooden deck, long with two cylindrical columns mid-span.
Pont Cefn-Brwyn		about 1910		Pont Rhygaled	Built to serve the lead mines in Nant Iago. The bridge was strengthened in 1975 to allow road vehicles from the Institute of Hydrology to reach a weir upstream of the bridge.
Pont Rhydgaled		1800		Pont Rhydgaled	Carries the A44 over river just above its confluence with the Afon Tarenig.
Nanty		1992			A three-span wooden footbridge built to replace an earlier structure. The Nanty Lead Mine was located here, but closed in 1867.
Footbridge		1992		The Wye Valley Walk footbridge
Waun Capel Parc footbridge		1965	-	Rhayader	A single-span made of three continuous truss girders of welded steel, built by the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers.
Rhayader road bridge				Carries the B4518 road.
Glyn Bridge
Llanwrthwl Bridge
Yr Allt Farm bridge				Farm access
Newbridge-on-Wye Bridge
Brynwern Bridge
Builth Road Railway Bridge				Near Builth Road railway station.	Located on the Heart of Wales Line.
Wye Bridge, Builth Wells				Builth Wells
Erwood Bridge				Erwood	Carries the B4594 road.
Lady Milford's Bridge			-	Llanstephan
Boughrood Bridge
Glasbury Bridge
Hay Bridge					Crossed over the river from Radnorshire to Brecknockshire as well as the currently closed Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway. It is near the former Hay-on-Wye station which is on the southern side in Herefordshire.
Whitney-on-Wye Railway Bridge					Demolished on the former Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway which is closed.
Whitney-on-Wye toll bridge
Bredwardine Bridge
Bridge Sollers Bridge
Hunderton Bridge			-	Hereford	On the former Goods Line, part of the original Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway
Greyfriars bridge		1967
Wye Bridge, Hereford					Late C15, widened 1826.
Victoria Bridge					Footbridge over River Wye. c1897. Built by Findlay of Motherwell. Concrete piers.
Greenway Bridge			-	Rotherwas, Hereford	Bridge links the Bartonsham and Rotherwas areas of Hereford.
Eign Bridge			-	Rotherwas, Hereford	Built as part of the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway which line is largely closed apart from the section here which is part of the Welsh Marches Line.
Holme Lacy Bridge			-
Ballingham Railway Bridge		1855-1859		Ballingham	Carried the closed Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway over the river, the bridge decking is demolished.
Hoarwithy Bridge			-
Sellack Suspension Bridge
Foy Bridge			-
Strangford Railway Bridge			-		Closed Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway line. Decking spanning the river demolished.
Backney Railway Bridge			-		Closed Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway line.
Bridstow Bridge			-		Bridstow bridge, completed in 1960, carries the A40 trunk road over the river Wye near Ross-on-Wye.
Wilton Bridge					Stone bridge. In 1597 an Act was passed authorising its construction. It was completed within the next 2 years. 5 semicircular arches each with 3 ribs.
Kerne Bridge					Road bridge. 1828 by B D Jones. Ashlar. Five-span bridge with large central arch flanked by graded arches.
Welsh Bicknor Railway Bridge			-		On the closed Ross and Monmouth Railway.
Huntsham Bridge
Hand ferry at the Ye Old Ferrie Inn			-		Symonds Yat
Hand ferry at the Saracens Head Inn			-		Symonds Yat
Biblins Bridge			-		Site of Biblins Youth Campsite
Wye Bridge (Monmouth)					Built in 1617
Duke of Beaufort Bridge				Monmouth Troy	Built in 1874. It is listed simply as the Railway Bridge, Monmouth.
Monmouth Viaduct			-	Monmouth Troy	Bridge dismantled in 1967. It carried the Coleford, Monmouth, Usk & Pontypool Railway line. Part of the closed Wye Valley Railway line.
Penallt Viaduct					Also known as, and listed as Redbrook Railway Bridge. Previously carried the Wye Valley Railway. Still in use as a footpath.
Bigsweir Bridge					Carries the A466 road.
Brockweir Bridge		1906		Brockweir	Designed by S.W. & A.L. Yockney of Victoria Street, Westminster. The contractors were E. Finch and Company of Chepstow.
Tintern Railway Bridge				Tintern station	Demolished. On the closed Wye Valley Railway south of Tintern railway station.
Old Tramway Bridge		1875		Tintern	Listed as the Old Tramway Bridge, but also known as the Tintern Footbridge. Previously carried the Tintern Wireworks Branch, now a footbridge.
Old Wye Bridge, Chepstow				Chepstow	Carries the B4228 road.
A48 bridge			-	Chepstow	Carries the A48 road.
Chepstow Railway Bridge				Chepstow	Built in 1852 as part of the South Wales Railway. It also brought the Wye Valley Railway into Chepstow station. It now carries the Gloucester to Newport Line.
M48 Wye Bridge				Tidenham and Chepstow	Built in 1966, it carried the M4 motorway between England and Wales until the opening of the Second Severn Crossing in 1996. It now carries the M48 motorway.
Severn-Wye Cable Tunnel			-	Newhouse – Aust	The tunnel is 47.5 m deep, with a diameter of 3.05 m and a total length of 3,678 m. The tunnel carries two 400 kV circuits, each with three cables.
Aust Severn Powerline Crossing			-		Longest powerline span in the UK at 1 mile.