Penallt Viaduct is a viaduct that formerly carried the Wye Valley Railway over the River Wye, which at this location forms the border between England (Gloucestershire) and Wales (Monmouthshire). The 14-mile (23 km) Wye Valley Railway opened on 1 November 1876.

Penallt Viaduct, as seen from Lower Redbrook
Wye Valley Railway
Monmouth Troy
Wyesham Halt
Wyesham Junction
Redbrook on Wye
Penallt Halt
Whitebrook Halt
St Briavels
Llandogo Halt
Brockweir Halt
Tintern
River Wye
Monmouthshire
Gloucestershire
Tintern tunnel
182 yd
166 m
Tidenham tunnel
1190 yd
1088 m
Netherhope Halt
Tidenham
Wye Valley Junction
Tutshill for Beachley Halt
Chepstow East
Chepstow

The viaduct is a single-track curved structure of five girder spans supported on four pairs of cast iron columns, located between Redbrook on Wye and Penallt Halt stations. Passenger services ceased on the railway in 1959 and it closed to freight in January 1964. The viaduct is still open to carry a public footpath, attached to the upstream girders of the viaduct, over the Wye between the villages of Redbrook and Penallt.

The footbridge was jointly provided by the pre-1974 Monmouthshire and Gloucestershire County Councils who agreed in 1953 to pay for the construction of the footbridge attached to the viaduct.[1]

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  1. ^ Western Mail Thursday 28 May 1953

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