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Menai Bridge

Menai Bridge

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 the world's first major suspension bridge.
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  • Type: Bridge
  • Description: bridge between Anglesey and mainland Wales
  • Also known as: “Menai Suspension Bridge”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church Island and Carreg yr Halen.

Islet
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, 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. is situated 2,000 feet northwest of Menai Bridge.

Islet
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Menai Bridge is a town and community on the Isle of Anglesey in north-west . It overlooks the and lies by the Menai Suspension Bridge, built in 1826 by Thomas Telford, just over the water from Bangor. is situated 1,200 feet west of Menai Bridge.

Museum
Photo: Warrenkovach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a museum based in the Canolfan Thomas Telford Centre in , , . It is dedicated to the two bridges across the ; the Menai Suspension Bridge and the , as well as the local history and natural history of the and the surrounding area… is situated 1,400 feet north of Menai Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bangor and Vaynol.

Photo: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0.
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 .

Hamlet
Photo: Gareth Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. is situated 1½ miles southwest of Menai Bridge.

Photo: Raphael Frey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, often shortened to Llanfairpwll and sometimes to Llanfair PG, is a village and community on the Isle of Anglesey, .

Menai Bridge

Latitude
53.22025° or 53° 13′ 13″ north
Longitude
-4.16329° or 4° 9′ 48″ west
Open location code
9C5Q6RCP+3M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 562754411
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­bridge
Wiki­data ID
Q581526
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Western Panjabi—“Menai Bridge” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Menai Zubi Esekia”
  • Breton: “Pont ar Menai”
  • Catalan: “pont penjant de Menai”
  • Catalan: “Pont penjant de Menai”
  • Central Kurdish: “پردی ھەڵواسراوی مێنای”
  • Chinese: “Menai桥”
  • Chinese: “Menai橋”
  • Chinese: “梅奈吊橋”
  • Chinese: “梅奈悬索桥”
  • Chinese: “梅奈懸索橋”
  • Chuvash: “Менай урлă çакăнса тăракан кĕпер”
  • Czech: “Menai Suspension Bridge”
  • Danish: “Menai hængebro”
  • Danish: “Menai Suspension Bridge”
  • Dutch: “Menai Suspension Bridge”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كوبرى ميناى المعلق”
  • Estonian: “Menai rippsild”
  • Finnish: “Menain riippusilta”
  • French: “pont suspendu de Menai”
  • French: “Pont suspendu de Menai”
  • Galician: “Ponte colgante de Menai”
  • Georgian: “მენაის დაკიდებული ხიდი”
  • Georgian: “მენაის დაკიდული ხიდი”
  • German: “Menai Suspension Bridge”
  • German: “Menai-Brücke”
  • Hebrew: “גשר מנאי”
  • Hungarian: “A Menai-szoros függőhídja”
  • Italian: “ponte sospeso sul Menai”
  • Italian: “Ponte sospeso sul Menai”
  • Japanese: “メナイ吊り橋”
  • Japanese: “メナイ吊橋”
  • Korean: “메나이 현수교”
  • Latin: “Pons pendulus Menai”
  • Latin: “Pons pendulus Menaiensis”
  • Malay: “Jambatan Gantung Menai”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Menai Suspension Bridge”
  • Norwegian: “Menai Suspension Bridge”
  • Persian: “پل معلق منای”
  • Polish: “Menai Suspension Bridge”
  • Portuguese: “Ponte Suspensa Menai”
  • Romanian: “Podul suspendat Menai”
  • Romanian: “Podul Suspendat Menai”
  • Russian: “Висячий мост через Менай”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Pont Grog y Borth”
  • Slovak: “Menai Suspension Bridge”
  • Slovenian: “Most Menai”
  • Spanish: “puente colgante de Menai”
  • Spanish: “Puente colgante de Menai”
  • Swedish: “Menai Suspension Bridge”
  • Turkish: “Menai Köprüsü”
  • Ukrainian: “Підвісний міст через Менай”
  • Welsh: “Pont y Borth”
  • Welsh: “Pont Y Borth”
  • Western Panjabi: “مینائی پل”

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