Railway Viaduct over River Rhondda

A 7-bay viaduct of coursed rock-faced stone. The arches are round-headed and are skewed to the 3 bays at the S end, which cross the river and whose piers have pointed cutwaters at low level. The remaining 4 bays are on the N bank of the river. In order to straighten the arches the pier on the N bank is wider on the W side than on the E side. Below the parapet is a hammer-dressed stone band, while the parapet has tooled copings. On the SW side the railway is widened, resulting in a plate girder projection to the 2 bays at the S end supported by building out the original S pier. The remainder of the W side has a stone parapet. The parapet terminates with shallow piers projecting from the battered abutments, which have higher coping stones. On the N side the abutment curves outwards and down on both sides and has plain copings. On the S side the abutment is straighter as it is attached to a bridge over Sardis Road, but on the SW side the original abutment has been extended outwards in rock-faced stone to accommodate the widening of the railway.