Dolauhirion Bridge

Dolauhirion Bridge (Welsh: Pont Dolauhirion) is a single arch stone bridge which carries road traffic from Llandovery to Cilycwm over the River Towy (Welsh: Afon Tywi) in Carmarthenshire, Wales.

[1] At the time the bridge was built the road was the main coach road from Llandovery to Lampeter.

He had built several single arch stone bridges in Wales, particularly at Pontypridd, where he had constructed what was then the biggest single arch (140 feet (43 metres)) in the world.

The Dolauhirion bridge has a span of 83 feet (25 metres) and a carriageway width of 12 feet (3.7 metres) with parapets.

Typical of Edward's designs the bridge has circular openings in the spandrels, which relieve stress on the main structure in times of flood, and reduce weight and thus pressure on the arch.