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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...
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    of Anglesey in north-west Wales. It overlooks the Menai Strait and lies by the Menai Suspension Bridge, built in 1826 by Thomas Telford, just over the water...
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    on which is located St Tysilio's Church. The strait is bridged by the Menai Suspension Bridge (Pont Grog y Borth), which was completed in 1826 to a design...
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  • Wales, UK Menai (Caernarfon ward) in Wales, UK The Menai Strait in North Wales, UK The Menai Suspension Bridge across the strait Coleg Menai, Bangor (near...
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    Dublin, Ireland. Decades before the building of the Britannia Bridge, the Menai Suspension Bridge had been completed, but this structure carried a road rather...
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    is in the same style as one of Telford's other bridges, the Menai Suspension Bridge crossing the Menai Strait. The original wooden deck was replaced by...
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    Operation Menai Bridge is the code name for plans related to the death of King Charles III. The name refers to a suspension bridge in Wales. The plan includes...
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    longest suspension bridges are listed according to the length of their main span (i.e., the length of suspended roadway between the bridge's towers)....
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    Thomas Telford (category British bridge engineers)
    constructed, but the crossing of the Menai Strait was the most formidable challenge, overcome by the Menai Suspension Bridge (1819–26). Spanning 580 feet (180 m)...
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    Cathedral, Bangor University and Garth Pier. The Britannia and Menai Suspension bridges connect the city to the Isle of Anglesey. The origins of the city...
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    A simple suspension bridge (also rope bridge, swing bridge (in New Zealand), suspended bridge, hanging bridge and catenary bridge) is a primitive type...
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  • put in trying to find his friend Joe Hughes, who jumped from the Menai Suspension Bridge in 2010. Ren often uses his public persona to raise awareness of...
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    Although work started on the Menai Suspension Bridge earlier, the Union Bridge was completed first. The suspension bridge, which is a Category A listed...
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    Site. The Menai Strait to the mainland is spanned by the Menai Suspension Bridge, designed by Thomas Telford in 1826, and the Britannia Bridge, originally...
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    a source of great local pride, as the Menai Suspension Bridge had opened only that year and suspension bridges were then considered the "new wonder of...
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    the design of Telford's Menai Suspension Bridge: a commentary on Gilbert (1826) 'On the mathematical theory of suspension bridges'", Philosophical Transactions...
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    HMS Conway (school ship) (category Menai Strait)
    "Swellies". This area, bounded by the two Menai bridges (the Menai Suspension Bridge and Britannia Bridge), is notorious for underwater shoals and dangerous...
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    followed existing roads, but he also built new links, including the Menai Suspension Bridge to connect the mainland with Anglesey and the Stanley Embankment...
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    The Third Menai Crossing (or (A55) 3rd Menai Crossing) was a proposed bridge over the Menai Strait, connecting the Isle of Anglesey with mainland Wales...
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    bridges across the Menai Strait; the Menai Suspension Bridge and the Britannia Bridge, as well as the local history and natural history of the Menai Strait...
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  • Suspension Bridge, by Thomas Telford Menai Suspension Bridge, by Thomas Telford Monnow Bridge, Monmouth Newport Bridge Newport, Caerleon Bridge Newport,...
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    A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck is hung below suspension cables on vertical suspenders. The first modern examples of this type...
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    history of the building and reconstruction of the Menai Suspension Bridge, Menai Suspension Bridge – The First 200 Years. After moving to Wales he became...
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    on the Isle of Anglesey, Wales. It is located on the Menai Strait, next to the Britannia Bridge. At the 2011 Census the population was 3,107, of whom...
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    Ynys Gored Goch (category Menai Strait)
    called the Swellies between Thomas Telford's Menai Suspension Bridge and Robert Stephenson's Britannia Bridge. The island is occupied by the main house and...
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    included the Dryburgh Abbey Bridge in 1818 and The Royal Suspension Chain Pier in Brighton in 1836. The Menai Suspension Bridge was damaged by wind in 1825...
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  • of the protests took place during the morning rush hour at the Menai Suspension Bridge between Anglesey and Wales blocking the traffic. In London people...
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  • architectural events and new buildings. January 30 – The Menai Suspension Bridge over the Menai Strait in Wales, designed by Thomas Telford. December 17...
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  • Britannia Bridge Kingsferry Bridge Jubilee Bridge Skye Bridge Michaelson Road Bridge Langstone Bridge Menai Suspension Bridge Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge Lindisfarne...
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    Afon Cadnant (category Menai Strait)
    United Kingdom, which drains to the Menai Strait about 1 km (0.62 mi) north-east of the Menai Suspension Bridge. The river drains a largely agricultural...
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