Britannia Bridge
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Britannia Bridge is a bridge in Wales that crosses the Menai Strait between the Isle of Anglesey and the city of Bangor. It was originally designed and built by the noted railway engineer Robert Steph
The modern Britannia Bridge.
Britannia Bridge entrance
The original box section Britannia Bridge, circa 1852.
Postcard picture of the bridge from circa 1902
Menai Suspension Bridge
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The Menai Suspension Bridge 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 one of t
Britannia Bridge
…between London and the port of Holyhead, thus facilitating a sea link to Dublin, Ireland. Two decades before the building of the Britannia Bridge, the Menai Suspension Bridge had been completed, but this structure carried a road rather than track; there was no rail connection to Anglesey before the construction of the Britannia…
The Menai Suspension Bridge viewed from the Anglesey side
1840 lithograph of the bridge
The bridge c. 1880, showing the original cable configuration prior to the installation of steel cables in 1938
The bridge as pictured in a Staffordshire stoneware plate in the 1840s. (From the home of J L Runeberg)