Britannia Bridge

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Britannia Bridge is a historic road and former rail bridge in Wales that spans the Menai Strait, connecting the island of Anglesey to the mainland.

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Britannia Bridge canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf box girder bridge
bridge
historic structure
architecturalStyle Victorian engineering
carries road traffic
connects Anglesey
Island of Anglesey to mainland Wales
mainland Wales
constructionStart 1846
country United Kingdom
crosses Menai Strait
crossesBetween Bangor, Gwynedd and Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Anglesey
linked to: Bangor
damagedBy fire in May 1970
designer Robert Stephenson
engineer Robert Stephenson
formerlyCarried rail traffic
hasFeature stone lions at eastern and western ends
hasLevel lower rail deck (originally)
upper road deck
hasNumberOfMainSpans 3
hasPiersOn Britannia Rock
heritageStatus listed structure (parts)
locatedIn Wales
maintainedBy North and Mid Wales Trunk Road Agent
material concrete (reconstructed piers and approaches)
steel (reconstructed structure)
wrought iron (original structure)
namedAfter Britannia Rock
near City of Bangor
linked to: Bangor

Menai Bridge (town)
opened 1850
originalDesign tubular bridge
owner UK government (via relevant transport authorities)
parallelTo Menai Suspension Bridge
linked to: Menai Bridge
partOf A55 road NERFINISHED
purpose to carry traffic across the Menai Strait
railLineCarried North Wales Coast Line
railReopened 1972
railwayServed Chester and Holyhead Railway
reconstructedAs two-tier steel box girder bridge
reconstructionStart early 1970s
region Gwynedd
Isle of Anglesey
linked to: Anglesey
roadReopened 1980
significance key transport link between Anglesey and mainland Wales
status in use
sufferedEvent fire of 1970

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Anglesey hasBridge Britannia Bridge
Robert Stephenson designed Britannia Bridge
Menai Strait crossedBy Britannia Bridge
Bangor hasBridgeAccess Britannia Bridge