Midland Explorer Boy
Road and rail bridges at Chepstow
Although the branch-proper of the Wye Valley Railway (WVR) began at Wye Valley Junction, I include the following photos of the railway around Chepstow for posterity, for naturally trains ran into or through Chepstow to terminate. Seen from Beachley Lane overbridge (ST540941), view SW from England into Wales, Gloucestershire into Monmouthshire, of the South Wales Main Line, and the A48 bypass bridge which, I believe, opened in 1987. Previously all traffic went via Tutshill and over the old 1816 bridge into Chepstow. The rail bridge to the left is the 1962 remodelling of Brunel's famous (if rather ugly) 1852 tubular suspension bridge, a design he adapted for the Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash. The piers are the original. Apparently, the bed of the road bridge is one continuous slab of concrete!
Road and rail bridges at Chepstow
Although the branch-proper of the Wye Valley Railway (WVR) began at Wye Valley Junction, I include the following photos of the railway around Chepstow for posterity, for naturally trains ran into or through Chepstow to terminate. Seen from Beachley Lane overbridge (ST540941), view SW from England into Wales, Gloucestershire into Monmouthshire, of the South Wales Main Line, and the A48 bypass bridge which, I believe, opened in 1987. Previously all traffic went via Tutshill and over the old 1816 bridge into Chepstow. The rail bridge to the left is the 1962 remodelling of Brunel's famous (if rather ugly) 1852 tubular suspension bridge, a design he adapted for the Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash. The piers are the original. Apparently, the bed of the road bridge is one continuous slab of concrete!