PHOTOS-Fred Keenor Road Sign at Cardiff City Stadium

At the start of December 2010 new signs were erected in Cardiff as a tribute to Cardiff City and Welsh International striker Fred Keenor. Ffordd Fred Keenor was unveiled before the Bluebirds’ game against Preston, in honour of the only player to lead the side to victory in an FA Cup final. Advertisements

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Pont Y Werin bridge opens (at last!)

Above is the picture of the scene from July 2009 – exactly ONE year ago to the day that it shouldve opened! All you can see is the trunk road across the River Ely which doesnt allow any pedestrian or safe cycle access between Cardiff Bay and Penarth. Hence a solution was required to allow […]

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PHOTOS-Delays in the opening of Pont Y Werin bridge.

The bridge, which joins up the 10km route around Cardiff bay, was due to open on June 8th, 2010 but due to unforeseen supply delays the bridge will not open until 14th July, 2010. Tests have been successfully carried out on the hydraulic operating system to raise the 20 meter section allowing vessels to pass […]

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Construction of Pont Y Werin bridge in Cardiff Bay

“It’s costing £160,000 per hour to hire the crane”, “It’s the world’s largest crane”, “The last piece of the bridge is being fitted by a smaller crane on Tuesday as it’s too expensive to use the large one” These were just some of the things that were being said as the third piece of the […]

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