Cwm Prysor Viaduct
Cwm Prysor Viaduct, which is occasionally referred to as Blaen-y-Cwm Viaduct, is a railway viaduct which crosses the Afon Prysor in thinly populated uplands east of Trawsfynydd, Gwynedd, Wales. It was built by the Bala and Festiniog Railway. It carried a single track on a line that ran between Bala Junction and Blaenau Ffestiniog. The line it was built for went out of service in 1961.
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Cwm Prysor Viaduct in 2014 | |
| Coordinates | 52.9323°N 3.8235°W |
| Carries | Ex-Bala and Festiniog Railway |
| Crosses | Afon Prysor |
| Locale | Cwm Prysor, east of Trawsfynydd, Gwynedd, Wales |
| Official name | Cwm Prysor Viaduct |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | 9 36 feet (11 m) brick arches on stone piers |
| Total length | 490 feet (150 m) |
| Width | Single Standard Gauge Rail |
| Height | 105 feet (32 m) |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 November 1882 |
| Closed | 28 January 1961 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | Footpath |
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