Pant-y-Goitre Bridge crosses the

River Usk The River Usk (; ) rises on the northern slopes of the Black Mountain (''y Mynydd Du''), Wales, in the westernmost part of the Brecon Beacons National Park. Initially forming the boundary between Carmarthenshire and Powys, it flows north int ...

between

Abergavenny Abergavenny (; , , archaically , ) is a market town and Community (Wales), community in Monmouthshire, Wales. Abergavenny is promoted as a "Gateway to Wales"; it is approximately from the England–Wales border, border with England and is loca ...

and

Usk Usk () is a town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales, northeast of Newport. It is located on the River Usk, which is spanned by an arched stone bridge at the western entrance to the town. Usk Castle, above the town, overlooks the ancient cr ...

near the village of Llanfair Kilgeddin. The bridge carries the B4598. It was constructed in 1821 by the engineer John Upton.

History

The bridge was designed and built in 1821 by John Upton as part of the improvements to the Abergavenny to Usk turnpike road. Upton also undertook other work in the immediate vicinity, including the Llanellen Bridge and churches at

Llanvihangel Gobion Llanvihangel Gobion () is a village and rural parish of Monmouthshire, Wales, lying within the administrative community of Llanover. Location Llanvihangel Gobion is located approximately 5 miles east of Abergavenny not far from the A40 road ...

and Llangattock-juxta-Usk.

Description

The bridge is constructed of

ashlar Ashlar () is a cut and dressed rock (geology), stone, worked using a chisel to achieve a specific form, typically rectangular in shape. The term can also refer to a structure built from such stones. Ashlar is the finest stone masonry unit, a ...

, and has three spans, with

spandrel A spandrel is a roughly triangular space, usually found in pairs, between the top of an arch and a rectangular frame, between the tops of two adjacent arches, or one of the four spaces between a circle within a square. They are frequently fil ...

circular voids. The architectural historian John Newman describes the bridge as, "an unusual and handsome design". The bridge is a Grade II* listed structure.

Notes

References

* {{Cite book , last=Newman, first=John , authorlink=John Newman (architectural historian) , series=The Buildings of Wales , title=Gwent/Monmouthshire , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=knRf4U60QjcC&dq=The+Buildings+of+Wales%3A+Gwent%2FMonmouthshire&pg=PA2 , year=2000 , publisher=Penguin , location=London , isbn=0-14-071053-1 Grade II* listed bridges in Wales Bridges in Monmouthshire Grade II* listed buildings in Monmouthshire Scheduled monuments in Monmouthshire Stone bridges in the United Kingdom Bridges over the River Usk