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Menai Bridge, suspension bridge spanning the Menai Strait from Bangor, Wales, to the Isle of Anglesey, a distance of 176 metres (580 feet). Designed and built (1819–26) by Thomas Telford, it was the first important modern suspension bridge.
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The Menai Suspension Bridge ( Welsh: Pont y Borth or Pont Grog y Borth) is a suspension bridge spanning the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales. Designed by Thomas Telford and completed in 1826, it was the world's first major suspension bridge. [1]
Menai Bridge. Situated on the banks of the Menai Strait, Menai Bridge’s two impressive bridges provide Anglesey’s physical links with the mainland. Thomas Telford’s Menai Suspension bridge (Pont Menai), Opened in 1826.
May 12, 2018 · Historic Suspension Bridge in Menai Bridge (Porthaethwy) (Y Borth) and Bangor Isle of Anglesey (Ynys Môn), Wales (Cymru) and Gwynedd, Wales (Cymru). The Menai Bridge is one of the most famous eyebar chain suspension bridges in the UK, and it has a combination of 1826 and and 1940 materials.
Completed on 30 January 1826, the Menai Bridge was a triumph of civil engineering – the biggest suspension bridge in the world at the time. Sixteen huge chains held up 579 feet of deck, allowing 100 feet of clear space beneath.
Menai Bridge ( Welsh: Porthaethwy; usually referred to colloquially as Y Borth) is a town and community on the Isle of Anglesey in north-west Wales. It overlooks the Menai Strait and lies by the Menai Suspension Bridge, built in 1826 by Thomas Telford, just over the water from Bangor. It has a population of 3,376. [1] [2]
Menai Bridge is a historical town, with the huge suspension bridge of the same name, and also home to the famous Cowley family. Get in. Drive over the bridge on the A5 from Bangor or taxi from the Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch rail station. Bus service 53,56,57,58 Bangor - Beaumaris goes through Menai Bridge. Get around
