ABERMULE BRIDGE Brynderwen Mid-Wales 1852 HEW342 SO 162 951{N52o 32’ 53” W3o 14’ 15.8”}
Crosses the River Severn at Abermule just off A483. The single cast iron archs span 110 feet supported by five deep ribs springing from rusticated stone abutments. It was cast in the Brymbo Company iron foundry in 1852. An inscription on the outer arch ribs proudly says it was the second cast iron bridge in the county of Mongomery (see Llandinam Bridge which was the first and designed by the same man who also designed the Caer Howel bridge, the County Surveyor, Thomas Penson). When the river is in spate and the vegetation is flourishing, it is very difficult to achieve a side view of the bridge since the river curves away above and below it. It is still in use today as the ceremonial entrance to the village.