Borough Road, footbridge

This steel and concrete structure dating to 1937 is the third bridge built to preserve a right of way across the 1839 New Cut through the Ropery Banks. The original timber footbridge was built in 1839 to restore the right of way along the bank top when the 'New Cut' was dug through the Ropery Banks, creating what is now Borough Road. This was replaced by an iron footbridge on substantial sandstone abutments c.1850. This in turn was replaced by the current bridge in 1937, utilising the masonry piers and abutments constructed as part of the earlier bridge structure.
The bridge has a total span of 39m and is 2m wide. The Borough road footbridge is acknowledged as an undesignated heritage asset and is considered to be a contributing factor to the character of the New Quay Conservation Area.
The bridge was subject to historic building recording in 2022, prior to demolition (event 5353 report 2022/57).