Menai Suspension Bridge

bridge between Anglesey and mainland Wales

Key facts

Carries: A5 ( London to Holyhead )
Crosses: Menai Strait
Locale: Anglesey , North West Wales
Heritage status: Grade 1
Design: Suspension bridge
Material: Wrought iron (original chains) , Steel (replacement chains) , Stone , Cast iron
Total length: 417 metres (1,368 ft)
Width: 12 metres (39 ft)
Longest span: 176 metres (577 ft)
Number span no of spans: Main: One , Arches: Seven
Piers in water: Five
Clearance below: 31 metres (102 ft)

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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 one of the world's first major suspension bridges, and second such bridge designed to carry vehicular traffic, after the Union Chain Bridge (1820) across the River Tweed. The bridge still carries road traffic and is a Grade I listed structure.

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