Grey plaque № 65348

This grey commemorative plaque records: PONT-YR-WYSG Adeiladwyd y bont Elisabethaidd i gymryd lle y bont ganoloesol a ddinistriwyd gan lifogydd ym 1535. Ar ol ei helaethwyd yn 1772 f'ei lledwyd a yn 1794 gan Thomas Edwards o Eglwysilan. Roedd ganddi ragfuriau carreg hyd at yr 1970au pan, yn anffodus, yr arosodwyd y ffordd bresennol ar yr hen adeiladwaith. USK BRIDGE The present Elizabethan bridge replaced a medieval bridge destroyed by floods in 1535. Replaced in 1772 it was widened in 1794 by Thomas Edwards of Eglwysilan. It had stone parapets until the 1970's when the present deck was unfortunately superimposed on the old structure. Recorded plaque organisation: Ship Street.

The Elizabethan bridge in Usk replaced a medieval bridge destroyed by floods in 1535 and was widened in 1794 by Thomas Edwards, serving as a critical crossing until modernization altered its original structure in the 1970s.