Montford Bridge

The A5 road used to run through the village (over the Montford Bridge), but has been diverted via the Shrewsbury bypass.

There are still some services, such as a shop (closed as of 2011) and a pub (the Wingfield Arms), in the village.

It has three masonry elliptical arch spans, two of 55 ft, and the central one of 58 ft.[1] They are built of red sandstone obtained from Nesscliffe Hill four miles distant.

[2] Regarding the bridge, Telford wrote:[2] The contractors, Messrs. Carline and Tilley, being experienced workmen, it has proved a substantial edifice, having been completed upwards of forty years, and remaining quite perfectIt was widened in 1963 by adding a reinforced concrete slab.

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Montford Bridge, 1794