Menai Suspension Bridge
Record: 417 m
Height Record: 30 m
Main Span Record: 176 m
The Menai Suspension Bridge (Welsh: Pont Grog y Borth) is a suspension bridge to carry road traffic between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales. The bridge was designed by Thomas Telford and completed in 1826 and is a Grade I listed building.Website:http://menaibridge.org/
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The Menai Suspension Bridge. This bridge was designed by Thomas Telford and completed in 1826. Menai Suspension Bridge 2
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The Menai Suspension Bridge. This bridge was designed by Thomas Telford and completed in 1826. Menai Suspension Bridge 2
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The Menai Suspension Bridge from a viewpoint on the A5 near the Britannia Bridge. Menai Suspension Bridge 15
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The Menai Suspension Bridge from a viewpoint on the A5 near the Britannia Bridge. Menai Suspension Bridge 15
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The Menai Suspension Bridge. Taken from Marquess of Anglesey Column. Menai Suspension Bridge 16
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The Menai Suspension Bridge. Taken from Marquess of Anglesey Column. Menai Suspension Bridge 16
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Aerial view. Menai Suspension Bridge 22
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Bridges over the Menai Straits. The Menai Bridge in the foreground was designed by Thomas Telford and opened in 1826. Originally consisting of a wooden deck suspended from iron chains, it has been modified many times, with steel replacing the iron and timber, but the original stone towers remain. The Britannia Bridge in the background was designed by Robert Stephenson, son of George (he of the Rocket) and was opened in 1850. It was originally planned to be a suspension bridge, with its box tube spans supported by cables running through the towers. However, tests of the completed tubes showed that they were strong enough to span on their own. This they did up until 1970, when the bridge had to be reconstructed following a terrible fire. Menai Suspension Bridge 25
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Bridges over the Menai Straits. The Menai Bridge in the foreground was designed by Thomas Telford and opened in 1826. Originally consisting of a wooden deck suspended from iron chains, it has been modified many times, with steel replacing the iron and timber, but the original stone towers remain. The Britannia Bridge in the background was designed by Robert Stephenson, son of George (he of the Rocket) and was opened in 1850. It was originally planned to be a suspension bridge, with its box tube spans supported by cables running through the towers. However, tests of the completed tubes showed that they were strong enough to span on their own. This they did up until 1970, when the bridge had to be reconstructed following a terrible fire. Menai Suspension Bridge 25
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The Menai Straits separating Anglesey (on the right) from the Welsh mainland. Bangor in the foreground. Menai Suspension Bridge 26
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The Menai Straits separating Anglesey (on the right) from the Welsh mainland. Bangor in the foreground. Menai Suspension Bridge 26
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The narrowest point of the Menai Strait (Anglesey on the left), showing Thomas Telford's world-famous Menai Suspension bridge (1826.) The strait is a series of about three ancient fault lines, which from time to time slip to cause brief tremors up to about magnitude 6.5 (e.g. 1984); smaller events about M 3.0 happen every few years (e.g. 2013.). Menai Suspension Bridge 27
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The narrowest point of the Menai Strait (Anglesey on the left), showing Thomas Telford's world-famous Menai Suspension bridge (1826.) The strait is a series of about three ancient fault lines, which from time to time slip to cause brief tremors up to about magnitude 6.5 (e.g. 1984); smaller events about M 3.0 happen every few years (e.g. 2013.). Menai Suspension Bridge 27
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A plan & view of the chain bridge erecting over the Menai at Bangor Ferry, 1820. Menai Suspension Bridge 28
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A plan & view of the chain bridge erecting over the Menai at Bangor Ferry, 1820. Menai Suspension Bridge 28
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