BRITANNIA BRIDGE

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[Source: Paul Wright]

The site of Britannia Bridge station looking northwest towards the bridge in 1966.
Photo by Angus McCulluch, reproduced from Geograph under creative commons licence.

Looking northwards from the site of Britannia Bridge station's Holyhead platform (left) in March 1970. A Sulzer type 2 locomotive can be seen heading towards Chester on a goods working
having just come off the bridge.
P
hoto by Berriff3

Looking west at the site of Britannia Bridge station in July 2011. The structure above the station site is the road deck of the Britannia Bridge. On the evening of the 23rd of May 1970 some boys who were playing on the structure dropped a burning torch which set light to the tar coated roof of the tubes. The bridge was severely damaged the tubes themselves were beyond saving. The bridge was closed until the 30th of January 1972 when one line was re-opened. It was then substantially altered and a road deck was installed above the railway. The road deck which carried the A55 opened in 1980.
Photo by Paul Wright

The station building at Britannia Bridge looking north in July 2011. Amazingly although the station had been closed for over 150 years the building was still standing.
Photo by Paul Wright

Inside the station building at Britannia Bridge looking north in March 2012.
Photo by Carl Williams


The site of Britannia Bridge station looking north-west in October 2012.
Photo by Paul Wright


Britannia Bridge station site looking north-west on 25 April 2021.
Photo by Chris Walker

July 2011

July 2011

March 2012

 


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[Source: Paul Wright]


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