Over Menai Strait at Menai Bridge (town) Menai Bridge WLS United Kingdom
Status:
built
Construction Dates
Began
1818
Finished
1826
Building Uses
- transportation
Structural Types
- bridge
Heights
Value
Source / Comments
Spire
153 ft
http://en.structurae.de/
Clearance
98 ft
Unconfirmed
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Description Architect: Thomas Telford
• Total Length: 521 m
• Main Span: 177 m
• World's tallest bridge by pylon height till ~1857 when John A. Roebling Bridge over Ohio river was topped out.
• The bridge deck suffered damage in 1839 in a strong gale but the deck was not replaced until 1893 using steel.
• The entire structure was rehabilitated in 1940.
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