Morfa Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Swansea local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 3 January 1980. Bridge.
Morfa Bridge
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swansea
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 3 January 1980
- Type
- Bridge
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Morfa Bridge is an iron and timber bascule bridge built in 1909 to connect the Morfa and Upper Bank Works across the River Tawe. It features stone abutments made of coursed rubble with raked revetment walls, and it has raised twin piers topped with pyramidal cappings. The bridge has a timber deck with modern handrails, supported by braced timber piers with raked supports. The wider central bay has a square timber pier on the western bank that supports an ironwork girder frame for the counterpoised lifting deck, which was originally powered by hydraulic means but is now fixed. The bridge is also designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
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