Conwy with its bridges, castle, and harbour

            The three bridges over the River Conwy - the tubular railway from 1848, the suspension road bridge from 1826, and the present bridge from 1958.  There is now a road tunnel underneath this stretch of water (strictly speaking not a tunnel but a tube laid in a trench dug on the river bed, but it feels like a tunnel!).
Conwy could have been a ferry crossing, although the Romans chose a crossing point on a narrower section upstream.  There was an abbey here but in the 1280's King Edward I, recognising the strategic position of this crossing, had the castle and town walls built. He moved the monks out upriver.  The castle, along with the other's he ordered, was also placed so that it could be supplied by sea in case of siege and so the harbour. The town was originally named Conway but, voted by its council, changed to Conwy in 1972. The original Ordnance Survey map from the mid 1800's (undated, in fact) shows the River as Conwy, not Conway.

In my childhood, the only public way across the river was via the suspension bridge which was wide enough for only one vehicle, meaning one way traffic control (and it had a toll). You can imagine the length of traffic jams on both banks on busy Summer Sundays - miles in fact!
   

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Taken on: October 26, 2024

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