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Menai Suspension Bridge

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The Menai Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge crossing the Menai Strait between the Isle of Anglesey and the Welsh mainland, designed by the engineer Thomas Telford and completed in 1826 as one of the world's first major suspension bridges.

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Operational 1
Heritage Designation
Nationally Designated Heritage Site 1
Completion Year
1826 1
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Source Wikipedia: Menai Suspension Bridge
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1. Wikipedia: Menai Suspension Bridge
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  • lead section
    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.
  • Introduction, current road use
    The bridge still carries road traffic and is a Grade I listed structure.
  • Introduction, heritage listing
    The bridge still carries road traffic and is a Grade I listed structure.
  • Part Of: Road Transport, Infobox
    Carries A5 (London to Holyhead)
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