Menai Suspension Bridge

Menai Bridge

*Pont Grog y Borth*
Menai Bridge; Pont Grog y Borth
	The Menai Suspension Bridge viewed from the Anglesey side
Coordinates	53°13′12″N 4°9′47″W / 53.22000°N 4.16306°W
Carries	A5 (London to Holyhead)
Crosses	Menai Strait
Locale	Anglesey, North West Wales
Heritage status	Grade 1
Characteristics
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)
No. of spans	Main: One ; Arches: Seven
Piers in water	Five
Clearance below	31 metres (102 ft)
Design life	1893: wooden deck replaced in steel; 1938/40: iron chains replaced in steel
History
Designer	Thomas Telford
Construction start	1819
Opened	30 January 1826
Location

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] The bridge still carries road traffic and is a Grade I listed structure.^[2]

^ "Menai Suspension Bridge". Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). 18 November 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
^ "Menai Suspension Bridge, Menai Bridge". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 18 May 2015.

[1] "Menai Suspension Bridge". Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). 18 November 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

[2] "Menai Suspension Bridge, Menai Bridge". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 18 May 2015.

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