Britannia Bridge

Britannia Bridge 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.
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  • Type: Bridge
  • Description: bridge over the Menai Strait
  • Also known as: “Britannia Tubular Bridge”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ynys Gored Goch and Menai Bridge.

Islet
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, sometimes Ynys Gorad Goch, is a small island in the between and in . It is situated in the stretch of the strait called the between Thomas Telford's and Robert Stephenson's 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. is situated 1 mile east of Britannia Bridge.

Church
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St Mary's Church is a parish church in , , Wales. It was built in 1853 to serve the village in the Diocese of Bangor and is a Grade II-listed building. is situated 1,600 feet northwest of Britannia Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Llanfairpwllgwyngyll and Vaynol.

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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, .

Hamlet
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or Y Faenol is a country estate dating from the Tudor period near in , . It has 1,000 acres of park, farmland, and gardens, with more than thirty listed buildings, surrounded by a wall which is 7 miles long.

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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.

Britannia Bridge

Latitude
53.21598° or 53° 12′ 58″ north
Longitude
-4.18562° or 4° 11′ 8″ west
Open location code
9C5Q6R87+9Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 180761465
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­bridge
Wiki­data ID
Q918066
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Britannia Bridge” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جسر بريتانيا”
  • Basque: “Britannia Bridge”
  • Basque: “Britannia zubia”
  • Breton: “Pont Britannia”
  • Catalan: “pont Britannia”
  • Central Kurdish: “پردی بریتانیا”
  • Chinese: “不列顛大橋”
  • Chinese: “不列颠大桥”
  • Chinese: “佈列坦尼亞橋”
  • Chinese: “布列坦尼亚桥”
  • Czech: “Britannia Bridge”
  • Dutch: “Britannia bridge”
  • Dutch: “Britannia Bridge”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كوبرى بريتانيا”
  • Esperanto: “Ponto Britannia”
  • Estonian: “Britannia sild”
  • Finnish: “Britannia Bridge”
  • French: “pont Britannia”
  • French: “Pont Britannia”
  • German: “Britannia Bridge”
  • German: “Britanniabrücke”
  • Hebrew: “גשר בריטניה”
  • Indonesian: “Jembatan Britannia”
  • Italian: “Ponte Britannia”
  • Japanese: “ブリタニア橋”
  • Korean: “브리타니아교”
  • Manx: “Droghad Britannia”
  • Portuguese: “Ponte britannia”
  • Portuguese: “Ponte Britannia”
  • Russian: “Британия”
  • Slovak: “Britannia Bridge”
  • Slovenian: “Britannia”
  • Spanish: “puente Britannia”
  • Spanish: “Puente Britannia”
  • Swedish: “Britannia Bridge”
  • Ukrainian: “Британія (міст)”
  • Ukrainian: “Британія”
  • Welsh: “Pont Britannia”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Coed Mair and Britannia Bridge Memorial, Churchyard of Church of St. Mary, Llanfairpwll.

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