Pontsarn Viaduct CF48 2TS

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Pontsarn Viaduct

CF48 2TS

Designed and built by Savin and Ward and their chief engineer, Alexander Sutherland it carried the joint Brecon and Merthyr Railway and London & North Western Railway. Each of the seven spans is 40'6".

Grade II* Listed

History
Railway viaduct, built 1866 by Henry Conybeare and Alexander Sutherland for Savin and Ward. The viaduct carried the former Brecon and Merthyr Railway and London & North Western Railway. .  over the Afon Taff Fechan and was built of limestone from railway cuttings. The viaduct was designed for double-line working but a single track only was installed, on the N side. In deteriorating condition at time of survey. Each of the seven spans is 40'6".

Description
Railway viaduct of 7 arches; abutments, tall slender piers and parapets of coursed irregular sized rock-faced limestone blocks and seven segmental arches with limestone voussoirs . The piers have a projecting impost band and a projecting string course below the parapets. The viaduct is built on a straight line some 138m long and has a maximum height of approximately 28m.