Morfa Bridge, Landore, Swansea

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6416 / 51°38'29"N

Longitude: -3.9322 / 3°55'55"W

OS Eastings: 266393

OS Northings: 195417

OS Grid: SS663954

Mapcode National: GBR WTQ.7L

Mapcode Global: VH4K3.SZKX

Plus Code: 9C3RJ3R9+M4

Entry Name: Morfa Bridge

Listing Date: 3 January 1980

Last Amended: 30 March 1987

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 11699

Building Class: Transport

Also known as: Morfa Bridge and Quays

ID on this website: 300011699

Location: Across the Ricer Tawe, beside the entrance to Swansea Athletic Stadium. E part in Bonymaen Community Council area.

County: Swansea

Community: Landore (Glandŵr)

Community: Landore

Traditional County: Glamorgan

Tagged with: Bridge Bascule bridge Railway bridge

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Exterior

Erected 1909. Iron and timber bascule bridge with stone abutments, built to provide a rail link between the Morfa and Upper Bank Works across the Tawe. Coursed rubble abutments with raked revetment walls, raised twin piers with pyramidal cappings. Timber deck with modern handrails supported by braced timber piers with raked supports. Wider centre bay with square timber pier on W bank supports ironwork girder frame to counterpoised lifting deck (formerly with hydraulic power but now fixed).

Scheduled Ancient Monument.

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Morfa Bridge
Across the River Tawe, beside the entrance to Swansea Athletic Stadium.
II Morfa Quay
On W bank of River Tawe and close to the bascule bridge at entrance to Swansea Athletic Stadium.
II Quay walls at former Upper Bank Works
On the E bank of the Afon Tawe some 350m NE of the junction of the A4217 and Foxhole Road.
II Former smelter sheds at Upper Bank Works
On the E bank of the Afon Tawe some 350m NE of the junction of the A4217 and Foxhole Road.
II Museum Stores, formerly Morfa Copperworks rolling mill
Located at the north side of the Hafod and Morfa copperworks site, off the cross-valley road between Foxhole Road and Neath Road.
II Canteen Building at the Former Yorkshire Imperial Metalworks
Set away from main road and reached under railway, entrance to works was formerly across Swansea Canal.
II Laboratory Building at Entrance to Former Yorkshire Imperial Metal Works
Set away from road and reached under railway, entrance to works was formerly across Swansea Canal. Formerly part of Morfa Copper Works.
II Pier to former waste tip tramroad and adjoining boundary wall
Located on the east side of the former Swansea Canal at the centre of the former Hafod and Morfa copperworks site.

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Morfa Bridge

A Grade II Listed Building in Landore, Swansea

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Exterior

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