page_title: Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales
section_title: The Conwy Bridge and Crossing
hierarchical_section_title: Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales / Campaigns / The Conwy Bridge and Crossing
caption_attribution_description: Conwy Castle
context_page_description: The Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales, originally named the Council for the Preservation of Rural Wales, is a charity in Wales that aims to secure the protection and enhancement of the country's landscapes and environment.
  It was founded in 1928. The name was changed to the Council for the Protection of Rural Wales in 1962, and then to the Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales in 1991. Past presidents have included Megan Lloyd George, Wynford Vaughan Thomas and Baroness Eirene White. Clough Williams-Ellis was the Chairman of CPRW from 1929 to 1946 and the President from 1946-8. The organisation's offices are in Welshpool.
context_section_description: Proposals for the development of the road system along the North Wales Coast in the late 1930s, which would have impacted on the Town walls at Conwy resulted in an inquiry in which the CPRW and the Society of Antiquaries were represented by J. D. K. Lloyd and Alwyn Lloyd. As a result of their representations the Inspector in 1940 recommended that the route would skirt the walls, and a new bridge would be built after the War, parallel to Thomas Telford’s road bridge and Robert Stephenson’s rail bridge. The new road bridge was built in 1958. Then in 1966 the Welsh Office proposed a new high level bridge for the North Wales Expressway across the river Conwy from Deganwy. This would have had a major impact on views of Conway Castle and surrounding landscape. Following a lengthy inquiry, in which the Caernarfon Branch was represented, the suggestion made by the President Lady Eirenne White that the road should go under the Conway in a tunnel, was accepted by the Inspector,  and has proved a much better solution. This quasi-motorway of 1986–93, passes under the estuary and has most successfully removed the heavy traffic from the town.
caption: Conway Castle with the 1958 bridge in front of the other two bridges.
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