Carries Borderlands Line Official name Hawarden Bridge Design Swing bridge Opened 3 August 1889 Body of water River Dee, Wales Carry Borderlands line | Crosses River Dee Maintained by Network Rail Longest span 85 m (278 ft) Bridge type Swing bridge Locale Deeside Number of spans 3 | |
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Similar Hawarden Bridge railway st, Wrexham Central railway st, Chester Northgate railway st, Bidston railway station, Shotton railway station | ||
Shotton high level to hawarden bridge station 1988
Hawarden Bridge (/ˈhɑːrdən/; Welsh: Pont Penarlâg) is a railway bridge over the River Dee, near Shotton, Flintshire, Wales. It was built by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (which later became the Great Central Railway), as part of the Chester & Connah's Quay Railway. It opened on 3 August 1889.
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- Shotton high level to hawarden bridge station 1988
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The central section, which was designed as a swing bridge to allow shipping to pass, no longer opens and is welded shut, although the rotating mechanism - hydraulic cylinders attached to a drive chain and sprocket - is still visible beneath the bridge.
The bridge is part of the Borderlands Line from Wrexham to Bidston.
Hawarden Bridge railway station is on the north side of the bridge, while Shotton station is on the south side.
National Cycle Route 5 crosses the River Dee on the path, adjacent to the railway line, which is on the bridge.
Hawarden Bridge holds the high temperature record for Wales - 35.2^C, recorded in August 1990.