Conwy Railway Bridge

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Conwy Railway Bridge is a 19th-century tubular iron railway bridge in Conwy, Wales, designed by Robert Stephenson and notable for its pioneering engineering and castle-like turrets.

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Conwy Railway Bridge canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century engineering structure
Grade I listed building
iron bridge
railway bridge
tubular bridge
adjacentTo Conwy Castle
architecturalStyle tubular iron construction
category Bridges in Conwy County Borough
Grade I listed bridges in Wales
Railway bridges in Wales
Robert Stephenson bridges
linked to: Robert Stephenson
constructionStart 1840s
country United Kingdom
crosses River Conwy
designer Robert Stephenson
distanceTo Conwy Suspension Bridge
engineer Robert Stephenson
hasDesignFeature battlemented turrets
fortified appearance
hasPart castle-like turrets
stone abutments
tubular spans
hasRailwayGauge standard gauge
heritageDesignation Grade I listed
heritageDesignationAppliesTo Wales
inception 1840s
locatedInProtectedArea Conwy Castle and Town Walls World Heritage Site buffer zone
linked to: Conwy town walls
location Conwy
Conwy County Borough
Wales
materialUsed masonry
wrought iron
namedAfter Conwy
near Conwy town walls
notableFor castle-like turrets matching Conwy Castle
early use of wrought-iron box girder design
pioneering tubular bridge engineering
openingDate 19th century
operator Network Rail
owner Network Rail
parallelStructure Conwy Suspension Bridge
partOf British railway network
historic Chester to Holyhead railway route
passesThrough Conwy railway station vicinity
railwayLine North Wales Coast Line
situatedOn River Conwy estuary
linked to: Conwy estuary
usedBy mainline trains
usedFor railway traffic

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River Conwy hasBridge Conwy Railway Bridge
Conwy Suspension Bridge parallelTo Conwy Railway Bridge
Conwy hasStructure Conwy Railway Bridge
subject linked to: Conwy town
A55 Conwy road bridge parallelStructure Conwy Railway Bridge
Conwy hasBridge Conwy Railway Bridge
subject linked to: town of Conwy