List of crossings of the River Wye

Crossings of the River Wye in the UK cover the whole length of the 215 kilometres (134 mi) from its source to the River Severn. For much of its length the river forms part of the border between England and Wales. The lower Wye Valley is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.^[1]^[2] There are some 15 Grade II listed bridges, one Grade II* listed bridge and three Grade I listed bridges.

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Status	Criteria^[3]
I	Grade I listed. Bridge of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important
II*	Grade II* listed. Particularly important bridge of more than special interest
II	Grade II listed. Bridge of national importance and special interest

Crossing	Coordinates	Built	Heritage status	Locality	Notes	Refs
Source of the River Wye			-	Plynlimon	Included for completeness
Y Drum Bridge	grid reference SN 854 828	1965		Pont Rhydgaled	The first bridge over the Wye, 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) below its source. A steel beam structure with a wooden deck, 10 metres (33 ft) long with two cylindrical columns mid-span.	^[4]
Pont Cefn-Brwyn	grid reference SN 830 836	about 1910		Pont Rhygaled	Built to serve the lead mines in Nant Iago. The bridge was strengthened in 1975 to allow road vehicles from the Institute of Hydrology to reach a weir upstream of the bridge.	^[4]
Pont Rhydgaled		1800^[4]		Pont Rhydgaled	Carries the A44 over river just above its confluence with the Afon Tarenig.
Nanty	grid reference SN 854 820	1992			A three-span wooden footbridge built to replace an earlier structure. The Nanty Lead Mine was located here, but closed in 1867.	^[4]
Footbridge		1992		The Wye Valley Walk footbridge
Waun Capel Parc footbridge	grid reference SN 968 681	1965	-	Rhayader	A single-span made of three continuous truss girders of welded steel, built by the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers.	^[4]
Rhayader road bridge				Carries the B4518 road.
Glyn Bridge
Llanwrthwl Bridge
Yr Allt Farm bridge				Farm access
Newbridge-on-Wye Bridge
Brynwern Bridge
Builth Road Railway Bridge				Near Builth Road railway station.	Located on the Heart of Wales Line.
Wye Bridge, Builth Wells			II	Builth Wells
Erwood Bridge				Erwood	Carries the B4594 road.
Lady Milford's Bridge			-	Llanstephan
Boughrood Bridge			II
Glasbury Bridge
Hay Bridge					Crossed over the river from Radnorshire to Brecknockshire as well as the currently closed Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway. It is near the former Hay-on-Wye station which is on the southern side in Herefordshire.
Whitney-on-Wye Railway Bridge					Demolished on the former Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway which is closed.
Whitney-on-Wye toll bridge			II
Bredwardine Bridge			II
Bridge Sollers Bridge
Hunderton Bridge			-	Hereford	On the former Goods Line, part of the original Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway
Greyfriars bridge (A49 road)		1967
Wye Bridge, Hereford			I		Late C15, widened 1826.	^[5]
Victoria Bridge			II	^[6]	Footbridge over River Wye. c1897. Built by Findlay of Motherwell. Concrete piers.	^[7]
Greenway Bridge			-	Rotherwas, Hereford	Bridge links the Bartonsham and Rotherwas areas of Hereford.
Eign Bridge			-	Rotherwas, Hereford	Built as part of the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway which line is largely closed apart from the section here which is part of the Welsh Marches Line.
Holme Lacy Bridge			-
Ballingham Railway Bridge	grid reference SO 569 306	1855-1859		Ballingham	Carried the closed Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway over the river, the bridge decking is demolished.	^[4]
Hoarwithy Bridge			-
Sellack Suspension Bridge			II
Foy Bridge			-
Strangford Railway Bridge			-		Closed Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway line. Decking spanning the river demolished.
Backney Railway Bridge			-		Closed Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway line.
Bridstow Bridge			-		Bridstow bridge, completed in 1960, carries the A40 trunk road over the river Wye near Ross-on-Wye.
Wilton Bridge			I		Stone bridge. In 1597 an Act was passed authorising its construction. It was completed within the next 2 years. 5 semicircular arches each with 3 ribs.
Kerne Bridge			II		Road bridge. 1828 by B D Jones. Ashlar. Five-span bridge with large central arch flanked by graded arches.
Welsh Bicknor Railway Bridge			-		On the closed Ross and Monmouth Railway.
Huntsham Bridge			II
Hand ferry at the Ye Old Ferrie Inn			-		Symonds Yat
Hand ferry at the Saracens Head Inn			-		Symonds Yat
Biblins Bridge			-		Site of Biblins Youth Campsite
Wye Bridge (Monmouth)			II		Built in 1617
Duke of Beaufort Bridge			II	Monmouth Troy	Built in 1874. It is listed (as a historic structure) simply as the Railway Bridge, Monmouth.
Monmouth Viaduct	51.804475°N 2.707872°W / 51.804475; -2.707872		-	Monmouth Troy	Bridge dismantled in 1967. It carried the Coleford, Monmouth, Usk & Pontypool Railway line. Part of the closed Wye Valley Railway line.
Penallt Viaduct			II		Also known as, and listed as Redbrook Railway Bridge. Previously carried the Wye Valley Railway. Still in use as a footpath.
Bigsweir Bridge			II*		Carries the A466 road.
Brockweir Bridge	51.707029°N 2.668972°W / 51.707029; -2.668972 (Brockweir Bridge)	1906	II	Brockweir	Designed by S.W. & A.L. Yockney of Victoria Street, Westminster. The contractors were E. Finch and Company of Chepstow.	^[8]
Tintern Railway Bridge	51.700334°N 2.673260°W / 51.700334; -2.673260 (Tintern Railway Bridge)			Tintern station	Demolished. On the closed Wye Valley Railway south of Tintern railway station.
Old Tramway Bridge	51.699424°N 2.681343°W / 51.699424; -2.681343 (Old Tramway Bridge)	1875	II	Tintern	Listed as the Old Tramway Bridge (formerly Wireworks Bridge), but also known as the Tintern Footbridge. Previously carried the Tintern Wireworks Branch, now a footbridge.	^[9]
Old Wye Bridge, Chepstow	52.48855°N 3.72676°W / 52.48855; -3.72676 (Wye Bridge)		I	Chepstow	Carries the B4228 road.
A48 bridge	52.48681°N 3.72227°W / 52.48681; -3.72227 (A48 bridge at Chepstow)		-	Chepstow	Carries the A48 road.
Chepstow Railway Bridge	52.48151°N 3.71618°W / 52.48151; -3.71618 (Chepstow Railway Bridge)		II	Chepstow	Built in 1852 as part of the South Wales Railway. It also brought the closed Wye Valley Railway into Chepstow station. It now carries the Gloucester to Newport Line.
M48 Wye Bridge	52.47276°N 3.70141°W / 52.47276; -3.70141 (M48 Wye Bridge)		II	Tidenham and Chepstow	Built in 1966, it carried the M4 motorway between England and Wales until the opening of the Second Severn Crossing in 1996. It now carries the M48 motorway.
Severn-Wye Cable Tunnel	51.61098°N 2.66921°W / 51.61098; -2.66921 (Severn-Wye Cable Tunnel)		-	Newhouse (Mathern) – Aust	The tunnel is 47.5 m deep, with a diameter of 3.05 m and a total length of 3,678 m.^[10] The tunnel carries two 400 kV circuits, each with three cables.^[11]
Aust Severn Powerline Crossing	51.60578°N 2.64136°W / 51.60578; -2.64136 (Aust Severn Powerline Crossing)		-		Longest powerline span in the UK at 1 mile (1,618 metres).

List of crossings of the River Wye

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