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Pont Seiont

Coordinates: 53°07′51″N 4°16′14″W / 53.13089°N 4.27051°W / 53.13089; -4.27051
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Pont Seiont
Type Bridge
Status In Use
Construction No. UBE
Operational No. UB 20.87
Location
Latitude 53:07:51N
Longitude 4:16:14W
Grid reference SH481617
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53°07′51″N 4°16′14″W / 53.13089°N 4.27051°W / 53.13089; -4.27051

Pont Seiont, is the first major bridge crossing on the route out of Caernarfon. It lies near the roundabout at the end of St Helens's Road.

Designed by C. E. Spooner about 1867, it is a two-span brick river bridge over the Afon Seiont, which flows from Snowdon’s northern slopes.

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