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The Welsh Bridge is a masonry
File:WelshBridgeCB2.jpg, The Welsh Bridge, with the river at flood level.
File:ShrewsburyBridges.JPG, Another view, with the Frankwell Footbridge in the foreground, and normal river levels.
File:Welsh Bridge, Shrewsbury, 27 May 2021 from Frankwell Footbridge.jpg, The Welsh Bridge from Frankwell Footbridge.
File:Welsh Bridge, Shrewsbury, west side 8 June 2021.jpg, West side of the bridge showing Victoria Quay on the opposite side of the river.
File:Commit No Nuisance, Welsh Bridge, Shrewsbury.jpg, The Commit No Nuisance inscription.
File:Welsh Bridge, Shrewsbury southern approach, 2021.jpg, The approach to the bridge from the south at Mardol Quay in June 2021. Note the temporary signs instructing pedestrians to walk on the left pavement to aid social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Bridges across the River Severn Bridges in Shrewsbury Bridges completed in 1795 Grade II* listed buildings in Shropshire Grade II* listed bridges in England {{UK-bridge-struct-stub
The Welsh Bridge is a masonry arch
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viaduct in the town of Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury ( , also ) is a market town, civil parish, and the county town of Shropshire, England, on the River Severn, north-west of London; at the 2021 census, it had a population of 76,782. The town's name can be pronounced as either 'Sh ...
, England, which crosses the River Severn. It connects Frankwell with the town centre. It is a Grade II* listed
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building.
The bridge was designed and built from 1793 to 1795 by John Tilley and John Carline (whose namesake father was a mason on the English Bridge), who had built Montford Bridge for Thomas Telford. It replaced the medieval St George's Bridge
St George's Bridge was a bridge over the River Severn in Shrewsbury, England; so named as it was close to the medieval St George's Hospital. It connected Frankwell, an old suburb of the town, to the town centre via Mardol. The gate on the tow ...
. Four of the arches span
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43 feet 4 inches, while the fifth and central arch is 46 feet 2 inches. The bridge is 30 feet wide, and built from Grinshill sandstone. In total it is 266 feet long. It was completed in 1795 at a cost of £8,000.
On the south end of the bridge, on the junction with Victoria Avenue, one of the parapets of the bridge has the words "Commit No Nuisance" chiselled into the stone. This is an archaic injunction not to urinate in public.
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*Crossings of the River Severn
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References
*Blackwall, Anthony, ''Historic Bridges of Shropshire'', Shropshire Libraries, 1985, *Cragg, R., ''Civil Engineering Heritage - Wales & West Central England'', Thomas Telford Publishing, 2nd edn., 1997, *Listed status aBorough Council
Bridges across the River Severn Bridges in Shrewsbury Bridges completed in 1795 Grade II* listed buildings in Shropshire Grade II* listed bridges in England {{UK-bridge-struct-stub