Barmouth Bridge

Barmouth Bridge, or Barmouth Viaduct, is a Grade II* listed single-track wooden railway viaduct across the estuary of the River Mawddach near Barmouth, Wales.

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Type: Bridge
Description: railway bridge across the Mawddach estuary
Also known as: “Barmouth railway bridge” and “Barmouth Viaduct”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Barmouth Ferry railway station and Barmouth Sailors‘ Institute.

Barmouth Ferry railway station

Railway station

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The Fairbourne Railway is a 12+1⁄4 in gauge miniature railway running for 2 miles from the village of Fairbourne on the Mid-Wales coast, alongside the beach to the end of a peninsula at Barmouth Ferry railway station, where there is a connection with the Barmouth Ferry across the Mawddach estuary to the seaside resort of Barmouth. Barmouth Ferry railway station is situated 1,600 feet west of Barmouth Bridge.

Barmouth Sailors‘ Institute

Museum

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Barmouth Sailors‘ Institute is a museum, which is situated 2,400 feet northwest of Barmouth Bridge.

Tŷ Crwn

Museum

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Tŷ Crwn is a museum, which is situated 2,600 feet west of Barmouth Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Barmouth and Fairbourne.

Barmouth

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Barmouth is a seaside town and community in the county of Gwynedd, north-west Wales; it lies on the estuary of the Afon Mawddach and Cardigan Bay. Located in the historic county of Merionethshire, the Welsh form of the name is derived from aber and the river's name, Mawddach.

Fairbourne

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Fairbourne is a seaside village in Gwynedd, Wales. Located on the coast of Barmouth Bay in Arthog community, to the south of the estuary of the River Mawddach, it is surrounded by Snowdonia National Park.

Arthog

Village

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Arthog is a village, post town and community in the Meirionnydd area in Gwynedd, north Wales including the villages of Fairbourne and Friog. It is located on the A493, approximately 8 miles west of Dolgellau, and had a population of 1,010 in 2001, increasing slightly to 1,031 at the 2011 census.

Barmouth Bridge

Categories: footbridge, railway bridge, wooden bridge, and transportation
Location: Arthog, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.71674° or 52° 43′ 0″ north

Longitude

-4.04165° or 4° 2′ 30″ west

Open location code

9C4QPX85+M8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 656247659

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=bridge

Wikidata ID

Q4861279

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In Other Languages

From Japanese to Welsh—“Barmouth Bridge” goes by many names.

Japanese: “バーマウス橋”
Japanese: “バーマス鉄道橋”
Spanish: “puente de Barmouth”
Spanish: “Puente de Barmouth”
Spanish: “viaducto de Barmouth”
Welsh: “Pont reilffordd Abermaw”
Welsh: “Pont Reilffordd Abermaw”
Welsh: “pont y Bermo”

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Highlights include Gene’s Point and Bae Abermaw.

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