Britannia Bridge, Menai Strait, Gwynedd: close-up of the rectangular box-section spans across the strait

RIBA Ref No RIBA18381

Architect/Designer	Stephenson, Robert (1803-1859)




Artist/Photographer	de Mare, Eric (1910-2002)
Country	UK: Wales
City	Menai Strait
Subject Date	1850
Image Date	1959
View	Exterior
Style	Victorian
Medium	Photoprint
Library Reference	AP Box 156
Orientation	Landscape
Colour Info	Black and white
Credit	Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections
Subject	Iron ; Stone ; Bridges

NOTES: This tubular bridge of wrought iron rectangular box-section carrying rail traffic spanned the Menai Strait between the Island of Anglesey and the mainland Wales at Bangor. Damaged by fire in 1970, it was rebuilt as a two-tier steel truss arch bridge, carrying both road and rail traffic.

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