River Tawe

The River Tawe at Pontardawe: The view upstream

Swansea Bay Dam

Marina at the mouth of the Tawe

The River Tawe ( Welsh: Afon Tawe ) is a river in South Wales. It flows mainly in the south-west 48 km from its source below Moel Feity in the Old Red Sandstone hills of the western Brecon Beacons in the Bristol Channel at Swansea. The main tributaries are the right bank: Upper, Lower Clydach River and Afon Twrch. The Tawe flows through a number of towns and villages including Ystradgynlais, Ystalyfera, Pontardawe, Clydach and and empties into the sea at Swansea Bay. The Tawe Valley ( Welsh: Cwm Tawe ) is also known as the Swansea Valley.

The lower part of the valley has been working intensively and in achzehntem and neunzehntem century, especially by metal finishing and to a much lesser extent, by china manufacture, industrialized. Large areas of the lower valley are still contaminated with industrial residues such as copper, lead, nickel and zinc. The only significant preserved remnants of that time is an important nickel refinery in Clydach, which is part of the Canadian company, Vale Inco. The quality of water in the river has now greatly improved. Large tuna and trout shoals swim up the river to spawn.

1992, a dam at the mouth of the river was built.

National Cycle Route 43 follows the river for most of its course.

Bridges and crossings

Bridges over the Tawe within the City and County of Swansea, from north to south:

  • A4067 ( Ffordd Cwm Tawe ) Road bridge
  • B4291 road bridge at Glais
  • A4067 road bridge (second intersection)
  • The former railway access at Clydach Vale Inco
  • Unused Railway Bridge ( former GWR road from Felin Fran after Clydach )
  • A4067 road bridge (third intersection)
  • Park Road Bridge at Clydach
  • M4 motorway bridge
  • Railroad Bridge ( Swansea District Line )
  • Swansea Vale Road bridge
  • A48 Morriston Road bridge - left center of Morriston Swansea Enterprise Park
  • Beaufort Bridge - historic access point vonBeaufort Road to today's Enterprise Park area.
  • Mannesmann pedestrian and bicycle bridge - left the Enterprise Park at Beaufort Road in Plasmarl
  • Southern Beaufort Road bridge ( with no name )
  • Landore railway viaduct (South Wales Main Line)
  • Morfa foot bridge - left the Morfa Retail Park at the Liberty Stadium
  • White Rock Bridge - pedestrian and road bridge that connects the Landore district with the Bon -y- maen district.
  • Parc Tawe Bridge - pedestrian and road bridge, the Parc Tawe with St Thomas combines
  • Quay Parade Bridge - pedestrian and road bridge, connecting Quay Parade with Fabian Way
  • Old Swansea Bridge - former railway bridge: The bridge deck does not exist anymore, but remained the pillars
  • Sail Bridge - a pedestrian and bicycle bridge connecting the maritime area near the Sainsbury wholesale market with the SA1 Swansea Waterfront development area
  • Trafalgar Bridge - a pedestrian and bicycle bridge, near the Swansea Dam: The construction costs amounted to £ 1.2 million. It crosses the dam barrier and part of the bridge swings with the lock gates

Construction s

There are plans for more settlements on both the east and west banks of the River Tawe and a proposal to river taxis along the river to operate.

Footnotes

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