Bretton Bridge is a bridge inFlintshire, Wales. Situated between the villages ofBroughton andBretton, Bretton Bridge used to be a back-road link, often used to avoid the congestion on the A5104 (Saltney Straight).
The bridge still exists today, although its use has changed from a road to a publicfootpath, linking the lower part of Broughton village with Broughton Park.[1]
The bridge itself used to act as arailway bridge when the line between Broughton andKinnerton existed. The path of the old line can clearly be seen through the country park in Broughton, where a swerve now exists following the old line of the railway. Residents in neighbouring properties (The Boulevard) found remains of railway sleepers in back gardens in the late 1980s.
53°10′02″N2°58′45″W / 53.1671°N 2.9791°W /53.1671; -2.9791
