Menai Bridge

Menai Bridge is a town and community on the Isle of Anglesey in north-west . It overlooks the and lies by the , built in 1826 by Thomas Telford, just over the water from Bangor.
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  • Type: Town with 3,380 residents
  • Description: town and community in Anglesey, north-west Wales
  • Also known as: “Menai”, “Menai Bridge Community”, “Porthaethwy”, and “Porthaethwy / Menai Bridge”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Menai Bridge and Britannia Bridge.

Bridge
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The Menai Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the between the island of and the mainland of . 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 across the River Tweed.

Bridge
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is a bridge in that crosses the between the Isle of Anglesey and the city of . It was originally designed and built by the noted railway engineer Robert Stephenson as a tubular bridge of wrought iron rectangular box-section spans for carrying rail traffic.

Islet
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, also known as Llandysilio Island, is a small island in the on the shores of to which it is attached by a short causeway that is reachable only on foot.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bangor and Llanfairpwllgwyngyll.

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is a small coastal city in in . It is a picturesque city offering views over the Menai Straits, and serves as a convenient base for visiting the nearby .

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or Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, often shortened to Llanfairpwll and sometimes to Llanfair PG, is a village and community on the Isle of Anglesey, .

Suburb
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is a suburb of and housing estate in , , with roughly 4,000 inhabitants. It is the third-largest single housing estate in Wales behind , , the second largest and in , which is the largest with nearly 12,000 inhabitants.

Menai Bridge

Latitude
53.2259° or 53° 13′ 33″ north
Longitude
-4.1631° or 4° 9′ 47″ west
Population
3,380
Elevation
112 feet (34 metres)
Open location code
9C5Q6RGP+9Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 32827509
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2642755
Wiki­data ID
Q2655856
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Menai Bridge” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Porthaethwy”
  • Basque: “Menai Bridge”
  • Bengali: “মেনাই ব্রিজ”
  • Breton: “Porthaethwy”
  • Bulgarian: “Менай Бридж”
  • Catalan: “Porthaethwy”
  • Cebuano: “Menai Bridge”
  • Chinese: “Menai Bridge”
  • Chinese: “梅奈橋”
  • Chinese: “波賽綏”
  • Chinese: “波赛绥”
  • Cornish: “Porthaethwy”
  • Dutch: “Menai Bridge”
  • Finnish: “Menai Bridge”
  • French: “Menai Bridge”
  • Galician: “Menai Bridge”
  • Galician: “Porthaethwy”
  • German: “Menai Bridge”
  • Gujarati: “મેનાઈ બ્રિજ”
  • Irish: “Porthaethwy”
  • Italian: “Menai Bridge”
  • Italian: “Porthaethwy”
  • Japanese: “メナイ・ブリッジ”
  • Kannada: “ಮೆನಾಯ್ ಸೇತುವೆ”
  • Korean: “메나이 브리지”
  • Korean: “메나이브리지”
  • Lithuanian: “Menai Bridžas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Menai Bridge”
  • Persian: “منای بریج”
  • Polish: “Menai Bridge”
  • Portuguese: “Menai Bridge”
  • Russian: “Мэнай-Бридж”
  • Scots: “Menai Bridge”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Porthaethwy”
  • Spanish: “Menai Bridge”
  • Swedish: “Menai Bridge”
  • Tamil: “மீனை பிரிட்ஜ்”
  • Telugu: “మనాయ్ బ్రిడ్జి”
  • Ukrainian: “Менай-Бридж”
  • Ukrainian: “Менай-Брідж”
  • Urdu: “مینای بریج”
  • Welsh: “Cymuned Menai Bridge”
  • Welsh: “Porthaethwy”

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