Cleddau Bridge

Added On:28-01-2009

The contract for building the Cleddau Bridge was awarded in September 1968 to A.E. Farr Limited with Horseley Bridge and Thomas Piggott Limited as sub-contractors for the steelwork. The contract of £2.1 million was to be completed by March 1971. On 2nd June 1970 some 21 months into the contract a 70m cantilever collapsed on the south bank, tragically resulting in the loss of four lives. The construction of the bridge recommenced in October 1972 some 18 months after the collapse.The bridge was eventually opened to traffic in 1975.