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	Menai Strait Bridges
		One of the design requirements for the bridge was that it needed to have 100 feet of clear space under the main span, to allow for the passage of the tall sailing ships that plied the strait.
		The completion of the Menai Bridge was a boon in easing the journey to the island, particularly for travel to Ireland.
		Like the Menai Bridge, the stonework of the Britannia Bridge was constructed of limestone from Penmon, although sandstone from various places was used internally.
	www.anglesey-history.co.uk /places/bridges (1986 words)

	Menai Suspension Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Menai Suspension Bridge from a viewpoint on the A4080 near the Britannia Bridge.
		The Menai Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales.
		Prior to the bridge's completion in 1826 the island had no connection to the mainland and all movement to and from Anglesey was by ferry (or, with difficulty, on foot at low tide).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Menai_Suspension_Bridge (419 words)

	Menai Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Menai Bridge (Welsh: Porthaethwy) is a town on Anglesey, Wales.
		It overlooks the Menai Strait and lies by the Menai Suspension Bridge, built in 1826 by Thomas Telford.
		Menai Bridge has a wide selection of churches and chapels including a most unprepossessing catholic church.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Menai_Bridge (401 words)

	Encyclopedia: Menai Suspension Bridge
		Prior to the bridge's completion in 1826 the island had no connection to the mainland, and all movement to and from Anglesey was by ferry.
		Britannia Bridge is a bridge across the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales, originally made of wrought iron rectangular box section spans, and now a two-tier steel box girder and arch bridge.
		On February 29, 2005 the bridge was promoted to UNESCO as a candidate World Heritage Site and coincidentally on the same day one carriageway of the bridge was closed for six months restricting trafiic to a single carriageway so that traffic now only travels south in the morning and north in the afternoon.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Menai-Suspension-Bridge (1129 words)

	Menai Bridge -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It overlooks the (A strait in northern Wales between Anglesey Island and the mainland) Menai Strait and lies by the (additional info and facts about Menai Suspension Bridge) Menai Suspension Bridge, built in 1826 by (additional info and facts about Thomas Telford) Thomas Telford.
		It is likely that a community has existed at the location of Menai Bridge since (An inhabitant of the ancient Roman Empire) Roman times simply because this is the shortest crossing of the (A strait in northern Wales between Anglesey Island and the mainland) Menai Strait.
		Menai Bridge has a wide slection of (A place for public (especially Christian) worship) churches and (A place of worship that has its own altar) chapels incuding a most unprepossesing (Any of several churches claiming to have maintained historical continuity with the original Christian Church) catholic church.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/me/menai_bridge.htm (466 words)

	Welsh Icons - Menai Bridge
		Menai Bridge (Welsh: Porthaethwy) is a town on Anglesey, Wales.
		It overlooks the Menai Strait and lies by the Menai Suspension Bridge, built in 1826 by Thomas Telford.
		There are a number of small islands in the Menai Strait some of which are connected to the town by causeways, including Ynys Faelog, Ynys Gaint and Ynys Castell east of the suspension bridge and Church Island (Ynys Tysilio in Welsh) west of the bridge.
	www.welshicons.org.uk /html/menai_bridge.html (488 words)

	Porthaethwy - The Story of Menai Bridge Town
		The site on which the town of Menai Bridge now stands is believed to have been inhabited for thousands of years.
		This is not surprising as it is the narrowest stretch of the Menai Strait.
		The Menai Strait is seen as an important site for fishing and fish weirs and a tidal mill are known to have been constructed.
	www.prosiectmenai.co.uk /townhistory.html (627 words)

	Isle of Anglesey : Introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Britannia, a neighbor of the suspension bridge, had to be rebuilt after a devastating fire that destroyed its pitch and timberwork; it now carries both trains and cars on two different levels.
		All buses cross the Menai Bridge at the town of Menai Bridge.
		Practically a suburb of Menai Bridge is a village to the west that has been heard of all over the world.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/print-narrative.cfm?destID=2514&catID=2514010001 (877 words)

	Telford, The Life of Thomas Telford - CHAPTER XII. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The total length of the bridge is 1710 feet, or nearly a third of a mile; the distance between the points of suspension of the main bridge being 579 feet.
		Notwithstanding the wonders of the Britannia Bridge subsequently erected by Robert Stephenson for the passage across the same strait of the Chester and Holyhead Railway, the Menai Bridge of Telford is by far the most picturesque object.
		Shortly after the Menai Bridge was begun, it was determined by the Commissioners of the Holyhead road that a bridge of similar design should be built over the estuary of the Conway, immediately opposite the old castle at that place, and which had formerly been crossed by an open ferry boat.
	www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/hst/biography/TheLifeofThomasTelford/chap18.html (3577 words)

	Menai Bridge -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		suspension bridge spanning the Menai Strait from Bangor, Wales, to the island of Anglesey, a distance of 580 feet (176 metres).
		The rise of the locomotive as a mode of transportation during the 19th century spurred the design of new bridges and bridge forms strong enough to handle both the increased weight and the dynamic loads of trains.
		The British poet Robert Bridges was noted for his technical mastery of prosody and for his sponsorship of the poetry of his friend Gerard Manley Hopkins.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9051957 (796 words)

	Mark Ketchum's Bridge Engineering Page
		OPAC, AES, and Kinemetrics were engaged in 2000 by the Expressway and Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand to inspect, instrument, and evaluate the Rama IX Bridge, a 450m span cable stayed bridge.
		OPAC performed a seismic susceptibility assessment of this historic 1930 suspension bridge that spans the Wilamette River in Portland, Oregon, in 1995, for the Oregon Department of Transportation.
		This 135 meter span pedestrian suspension bridge with a post tensioned precast segmental deck will replace an existing suspension bridge that was built by the Japanese during their occupation.
	www.ketchum.org /bridges.html (962 words)

	BBC - North West Wales Traffic Cams - Menai Suspension Bridge
		Before the bridge's completion the island had no connection to the mainland and all movement to and from Anglesey was by ferry (or, with difficulty, on foot at low tide).
		The bridge was opened to much fanfare on January 30, 1826, and succeeded in reducing the 36 hour journey time from London to Holyhead by 9 hours.
		The bridge was not the first suspension bridge, but was so hugely greater than anything previously built that it is considered the world's first modern suspension bridge.
	www.bbc.co.uk /wales/northwest/sites/trafficcams/pages/menai_bridge_mainland.shtml (2144 words)

	Grey Family History - Glossary
		Completion of the Britannia Bridge in 1850 reduced the need for coaching inns (at least for mail coaches) and was appears to have been an important factor in the closing of Panton Arms at Penmynydd.
		Caernarvon Castle (at the south end of the Menai Strait) is where the future king (or queen) of England is traditionally invested as Prince (or Princess) of Wales.
		When the Britannia Bridge was completed in 1850 as a rail bridge, trains were able to carry the mail directly from the mainland to Holyhead and Panton Arms returned to its original name -- Sarnfraint (which it carries today).
	members.aol.com /findtrees/g-glos.htm (2044 words)

	The Illustrated London News - Viaducts
		Robert Stevenson to cross the Menai Straits is intended to be formed of iron, and to be suspended from massive stone piers, as shown in the engraving.
		A walk across the bridge gives a sense of enormous strength in the structure, and although the lines of the structure are wholly straight, or diagonal, its extent, its lightness, and its ever-shifting lines give it a picturesque effect.
		The quantity of wrought iron used, in-cluding many girders from the old bridge, is 19,000 tons; of steel, 3500 tons; and of cast-iron, for the piers, 2500 tons; with three million rivets, averaging five inches in length; ten million bricks, weighing 37,500 tons; and 70,000 tons of concrete.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /courses/rschwart/ind_rev/iln/viaduct.htm (2787 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Wales \| North West Wales \| Facelift for Menai Bridge
		Menai Bridge's current mayor, Councillor Mary Lloyd Hughes, said the bridge was in a bad condition.
		The bridge - the first crossing to be built between Anglesey and the mainland - was recently awarded the status of International Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
		Along with the neighbouring Britannia Bridge and Telford's other bridge in Conwy the structure was described as a "feat of engineering as significant as the Panama Canal".
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/wales/north_west/3058203.stm (450 words)

	CTW \| Menai Bridge waterfront regeneration project
		Menai Bridge Community Heritage Trust, the business arm of the local civic society, is celebrating the award of £150,000 from the National Assembly's Local Regeneration Fund.
		The main aim of Prosiect Menai is to create an education and interpretation centre that focuses on the unique archaeological, historical, scientific, engineering and cultural heritage of the Menai Strait, its two bridges, and the surrounding area.
		The Community Trust was formed under the auspices of the Menai Bridge Civic Society in 1997, when representatives of community groups in the town got together to work to try to reverse the decline of local business.
	www.civictrustwales.org /menai_project280103.htm (319 words)

	Agor y bont
		The Opening of the Menai Suspension Bridge from the North Wales Gazette of 2nd February 1826.
		The 'chains' to suspend the bridge were flat iron bars with a circular surface either end which were bolted together.
		Throughout the remainder of the day, the number of carriages, horses, and persons which passed over was immense; the bridge was literally crowded, and tickets could not be issued fast enough for the demand.
	www.borth.anglesey.sch.uk /pages/hanes/agory.htm (765 words)

	TourWales - Menai Bridge
		The 'Gateway to Anglesey' used to enjoy a number of ferry crossings for farmers and drovers taking their stock to and from the island, when they used to drive their animals into the sea and island hop their way to and from the mainland.
		This all changed however when Thomas Telford built the first iron suspension bridge of this kind in the world in 1826.
		The bridge stands at over a hundred feet tall, is 376 feet long had 16 iron chains and took nearly seventeen years to build.
	www.tourwales.com /towns_and_villages/menai_bridge.htm (154 words)

	Structurae [en]: Beasley, Elizabeth "The Menai suspension bridge, 1819-26 and Britannia Bridge, 1845-50"
		Structurae [en]: Beasley, Elizabeth "The Menai suspension bridge, 1819-26 and Britannia Bridge, 1845-50"
		Literature / Beasley, Elizabeth "The Menai suspension bridge, 1819-26 and Britannia Bridge, 1845-50"
		Britannia Bridge, a tubular bridge designed by Robert Stephenson, and the Menai Suspension Bridge, desiged by Thomas Telford, both cross the Menai Strait between mainland Wales and Anglesey.
	en.structurae.de /refs/items/index.cfm?id=r0000743 (72 words)

	Menai Bridge
		The Menai suspension bridge was built in 1826 by Thomas Telford.
		The Bridge was opened in 1826, on the 30th of January.
		The bridge’s seven arches arches took seven years to build and was completed in the autumn of 1824.
	www.welshdragon.net /resources/places/menai.shtml (320 words)

	BBC - North West Wales Traffic Cams - Menai Suspension Bridge
		Menai street in Bootle Liverpool by the Leeds Liverpool Canal was built by a Welsh factory owner who had I think, a brick factory in bootle at the turn of the century.
		It was lunch time at Friars Grammar school and we in the sixth form had taken to walking to the bridge, the only road bridge across the Menai in those days, We were tempted to have a half pint of bitter after many days deliberation whether to try or not.
		The Menai Bridge is certainly one of the most famous landmarks in North Wales.
	tickers.bbc.co.uk /wales/northwest/sites/trafficcams/pages/menai_bridge_mainland.shtml (3146 words)

	Grey Family History - Families - Edward & Elizabeth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		While the birth places of Ellin and Margaret are not known at this time, Edward's sister Harriet was living at Menai Bridge (perhaps with the family) when she died in 1846, and son John was born at Menai Bridge in 1849.
		The construction of that bridge over several years could have provided quite a bit of work for a wood worker - either on the bridge or in support of the families that moved in to build it.
		While purely speculation, the decline of building activity around Menai Bridge after completion of the Britannia Bridge, and the rapid growth of Llandudno as a resort town about this time, might have been the impetus for the move to Llandudno.
	members.aol.com /findtrees/d322.htm (1551 words)

	icNorthWales - Menai Bridge put on sale! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The bridge has tracks for model cars to drive across it and a series of bulbs fitted to the chains and towers of the bridge, run by an electric motor.
		It is a replica of the Menai bridge linking Anglesey to Gwynedd which was built by Thomas Telford in 1826.
		The bridge is being sold by a Wirral man whose father was contracted to demolish the Binns factory and salvaged the model.
	icnorthwales.icnetwork.co.uk /news/regionalnews/tm_objectid=15512764&method=full&siteid=50142&headline=menai-bridge-put-on-sale--name_page.html (429 words)

	Menai Bridge - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		Menai Bridge - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		Menai Bridge, suspension bridge connecting the island of Anglesey with mainland Wales.
		The Menai Bridge was built by the Scottish civil engineer...
	au.encarta.msn.com /Menai_Bridge.html (111 words)

	The Menai Bridges: Touring Wales on Britannia
		The Menai Strait separates the island of Anglesey from the mainland of Wales; thirteen miles long, it varies in width from a mile to 200 yards.
		The other Menai Bridge, the Britannia road and rail bridge, was a tubular railway bridge built by famous engineer Robert Stephenson (of the locomotive Rocket fame) between 1846 and 1850.
		After it was burnt down in 1970 by two boys exploring for bats carrying torches, the bridge was rebuilt to carry an extra deck to carry the A5 road into Anglesey.
	www.britannia.com /tours/wales/menai.html (165 words)

	Suspension bridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A suspension bridge is a bridge that consists of two multiple column pillars, one on either end of the...
		The second bridge (1857-1892) was a wire rope suspension bridge by John Roebling,...
		A bridge having the roadway suspended from cables that are anchored at either end and usually supported at intervals by towers.
	www.forbestvacation.com /suspension-bridge.html (974 words)

	House of Commons - Welsh Affairs - Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence
		The Menai Suspension Bridge was designed by a brilliant Scottish engineer, Thomas Telford, constructed and completed in 1826, in its day it was regarded as one of the finest engineering feats in the world, some of the original engineering features of the bridge are still in use today.
		The Britannia Bridge, though opened in 1850 by another brilliant engineer, George Stephenson, was by far stronger in design, and able to withstand the disasterous fire in 1971 which meant that the Bridge was remodelled to carry road and railway traffic.
		Upgrading of the classification of the Menai Suspension Bridge, until a new Bridge is constructed or re-modelling of the Britannia Bridge, to enable the maintenance budget to have a far higher priority in the Welsh Assembly.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm200203/cmselect/cmwelaf/205/205ap42.htm (1186 words)

	Ynys Môn - Yr Ynys o Ddewis - Anglesey the island of choice
		The world's first iron suspension bridge, it is 1,265ft / 305m long, with a central span of 579ft / 177m with its roadway set 98ft / 30m above the water to allow tall ships to sail beneath.
		A short walk from Menai Bridge town centre brings the visitor to the base of the Menai Suspension Bridge, from where the true scale of this remarkable structure is best appreciated.
		Close up views of the Britannia Bridge can be had from the car park of the picturesque St Mary's Church, near the Carreg Bran Hotel (signposted off the A5 a short way west of Menai Bridge).
	www.islandofchoice.com /doc.asp?cat=338 (430 words)

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