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Latitude: 51.6095 / 51°36'34"N
Longitude: -3.0109 / 3°0'39"W
OS Eastings: 330092
OS Northings: 190553
OS Grid: ST300905
Mapcode National: GBR J5.9TLB
Mapcode Global: VH7B5.RTL2
Plus Code: 9C3RJX5Q+QJ
Entry Name: Hollybush Bridge over the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal (partly in Bettws Community)
Listing Date: 24 June 1999
Last Amended: 24 June 1999
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 21946
Building Class: Transport
Also known as: Hollybush Bridge over the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal (partly in Malpas community)
ID on this website: 300021946
Location: Situated W of Hollybush Close, with recreation fields to the W. Bridge carries footpath to Hollybush Close and surrounding houses.
County: Newport
Community: Malpas
Community: Malpas
Built-Up Area: Newport
Traditional County: Monmouthshire
Tagged with: Bridge Footbridge
The eastern branch of the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal was authorised by Act of Parliament in 1792, and officially opened in 1799. It ran from Newport to Pontnewynydd and was engineered by Thomas Dadford Jnr. The canal connected with several tramroads belonging to the same company (Monmouthshire Canal Navigation Company), carrying coal down to the wharves. The branch was 11 miles (18.6 kilometres) long and rose 447 feet (136 metres) through 42 locks. The contemporary western branch, 12 miles (20.3 kilometres) long, ran to Crumlin. In 1812, the eastern branch was connected to the Brecon and Abergavenny Canal at Pontymoile Basin, and this became the main line. In 1853-55, the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company built a railway down to Newport, the company amalgamating with the Great Western Railway in 1880. The canal then became increasingly disused. The Crumlin branch closed in 1949, the main line in 1962.
Single-arch bridge of rubble construction. Semi-elliptical arch with stone voussoirs. Parapet ramped up to centre, and splayed out to square piers on W side (SW pier repaired in brick and stone). Cemented copings. Iron plate to S side: ‘ Hollybush No. 28 Bridge. Bridge carries footpath to houses to E. Towing path runs underneath bridge on W.
Listed as a significant element of the engineering works associated with the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal.
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