Felin Hen Bridge
Felin Hen Bridge
| Date | 24 March 2012 | ||
| Location | Felin Hen, Tregarth | SH 59007 68340; 53.19338°N, 4.11188°W | |
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The recreational route Lon Las Ogwen follows the path of the former narrow-gauge Penrhyn Quarry Railway from Port Penrhyn to Glasinfryn, while the section from Glasinfryn to Tregarth is based on the track bed of the former LNWR branch line from Bangor to Bethesda. The latter operated goods and passenger services between 1884 and 1963. Until recently the Lon Las Ogwen path had to cross the A4244 at Felin Hen at road level as the railway bridge there had long since been demolished. In October 2011 a £400,000 steel bridge was completed to carry the cycle path over the road at that location. Once the initial construction had been finished, the bridge was then immediately modified to make it ‘horse friendly’ – the height of the parapets was raised and the deck laid with a rubberised surface lest the horses be frightened by the sound of their hooves. Horse-friendly sound dampener on bridge near Tregarth (BBC News, 31 Oct 2011)
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Felin Hen Bridge
Felin Hen Bridge
Felin Hen Bridge - with 'horse friendly' rubberised surfacing
Felin Hen Bridge
Felin Hen Bridge
Oh my, so geometric! And colorful. I am particularly taken with Felin Hen Bridge — with ‘horse friendly’ rubberised surfacing (I’m sticking with the British spelling of ‘rubberised’ even though my spell-check wants me to make it ‘rubberized.’) I like all the repetition of lines including those on the surface. Taken out of context, a lot of these could be abstracts.
Dezra Despain
March 25, 2012 at 7:28 pm
Thanks. I was drawn to the receding shadows of the railings on that one.
Graham Stephen
March 27, 2012 at 6:53 pm
Love it! A simply beautiful study of shapes. The top one is my favorite…unique.
Jennifer Triplett
March 26, 2012 at 4:06 am
Thank you Jennifer. I think I like that one best too.
Graham Stephen
March 27, 2012 at 6:54 pm
Beautiful photos, but don’t you think the bridge is totally out of character for the area? It also makes me think….”funny handshake” deal!!
Lita
March 26, 2012 at 8:23 am
Ha! Well, having spent all that money on making it horse friendly, I think the council now needs to pass some anti-horse-fouling byelaws
Graham Stephen
March 27, 2012 at 6:56 pm
The top photo is a pure masterpiece!
lynnwiles
March 27, 2012 at 12:02 pm
Thanks Lynn.
Graham Stephen
March 27, 2012 at 6:56 pm
it’s seems me really an interesting bridge, nice and clean. And the first photo, is spectacular!
robert
robert che vola, quiet photographer
March 29, 2012 at 9:03 pm
Thank you Robert
Graham Stephen
March 31, 2012 at 11:00 am
Your topper photo is simply wonderful. A ghastly bridge (in my humble opinion) in really unsympathetic colours, but you’ve made it look beautiful with your “lens magick”. Rubberised deck…cool!
Iain Robinson
April 2, 2012 at 11:50 am
Thanks Iain. I think there is always some beauty in ugliness if you can find the right way of seeing it
Graham Stephen
April 8, 2012 at 11:25 am
the colours are from the welsh flag, but very garish in execution, fantastic photos and i quite like the engineering but as a glasinfryn resident – the bridge wasnt really needed and is rarely used – at the time i was surprised money was spent on it when we are all being told there’s none to spare?
roger howarth
April 8, 2012 at 8:53 pm
Thanks Roger. It would be interesting to see some figures regarding its actual usage, especially for horse traffic.
Graham Stephen
April 10, 2012 at 7:35 am