Bridge 59, Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 7 August 1997. Bridge.
Bridge 59, Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal
- WRENN ID
- sombre-moat-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brecon Beacons National Park
- Constituency
- Torfaen MP: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 7 August 1997
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Bridge 59, Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal, Pontypool, New Inn, Torfaen
- OS grid reference
- SO 301 025
- Coordinates
- 51.71706, -3.01186
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Bridge 59 is an accommodation and access bridge that crosses the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal at a slight angle. It features a semi-elliptical arch made of voussoirs, constructed from squared, faced, and coursed stone. The bridge has a parapet with slab coping and curving abutments. The bridge number is located on the south face of the arch. A towpath runs beneath the arch on the east side, and there is a Great Western Railway sign stating "No locomotives..." at the east end of the bridge.
Local climate
Bridge 59, Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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