At the opening it was revealed that the sculptor John Thomas had sculpted two 25 foot long limestone lions at each end of the bridge to (maybe) guard the bridge!
Initially it would have been possible to view these from the main A5 road but now it is not possible to see them from the road although you can still see them from the train.I had seen some pictures of them close up so our mission was to take the pictures of them as close as poss!!
The bridge was decorated by four large lions sculpted in limestone by John Thomas, two at either end. These were immortalised in the following Welsh rhyme by the bard John Evans (1826–1888), who was born in nearby Porthaethwy:
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