The Cleddau Bridge on the A477 road spans the River Cleddau between Neyland and Pembroke Dock, Wales. Originally called the Milford Haven Bridge, it collapsed during construction due to design errors in box girder design in 1970. The numbering zones for A-roads in Great Britain List of A roads beginning with 4 in Great Britain starting north of the A4 and south/west of the A5. ... The River Cleddau (Welsh: ) is to be found in south west Wales, in Pembrokeshire. ... Neyland is a town in Pembrokeshire, Wales, lying on the River Cleddau and the upstream end of the Milford Haven estuary. ... Pembroke Dock (Welsh: Doc Penfro) is a town in South Pembrokeshire, Wales, lying north of Pembroke at the end of Milford Haven. ... This article is about the country. ... This page is a candidate to be copied to Wiktionary. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...
It is a toll bridge, with toll booths located on the Pembroke Dock side of the bridge. As of September 2006 the toll is £0.75 for cars & vans and £1.50 for buses and lorries over 2 tonnes.[1]
In 1964, further proposals were made for a bridge to cross the River Cleddau, and in 1965 the House passed the Pembrokeshire County Council Act, which gave the council permission to construct a bridge across the river.
There is a disparity in Government policy on the Cleddaubridge and on the other 10 major crossings, and those other crossings, such as the Medway bridge on the M2, where no toll is made for the crossing.
We have a toll on this bridge not for reasons of logic or principle ; it is simply that Governments of both political parties have over the years recognised that they have a captive monopoly clientele and that the motorist has nowhere else to go, so it is convenient to charge him.
For almost 20 years the RAF base at Pembroke Dock was home to the Sunderland Flying Boats and during 1943 it was the largest operational base for flying boats in the world.
Today, the river Cleddau still plays a vital part in the livelihood of the town as it is now predominantly a ferry port, from which ferries sail to Rosslare in the Republic of Ireland.
The CleddauBridge leads north from the town, over the Daugleddau estuary.
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