Menai Bridge
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| Name | Menai Bridge |
|---|---|
| Who | |
| Owner | Welsh Assembly: Transport Infrastructure 2005 World Heritage Site |
| Design | Thomas Telford |
| Contractor | William Hazeldine |
| Where | Near Bangor, Gwynned, Wales |
| Latitude | N 53 13′ 12.5″ |
| Longitude | W 04 09′ 47.25″ |
| Why | Takes A5 trunk road London to Holyhead across the Menai Straits between mainland and Anglesey |
| When | 1826 |
| What | |
| Overall type | Chain Suspension Bridge |
| Width | 12 m. |
| Length | 521 m. |
| Span | 177 m. |
| Height of towers | 46.6 m. |
| Materials | Stone and wrought iron 1893 Wooden deck replaced by steel 1938-40 Iron chains replaced by steel |