Menai Straits Bridge (1826)

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Menai Straits Bridge
Menai Bridge

Built:	1818 - 1826
Location:	Near Bangor, Gwynned, Wales, United Kingdom
Crosses:	Menai Straits

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Structural Type:

Chain suspension bridge

Function / usage:

Road bridge

Next to:

Britannia Bridge (1850)

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
Role	Name	Part of structure

Builder	William Hazledine
Designer	Thomas Telford

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
Role	Name	Part of structure

Construction	Dorman, Long and Co. Ltd.

Technical information
	Description	Value
Construction materials used
deck	wrought iron
piers	masonry
chains	wrought iron
Dimensions

	main span	177 m
	total length	521 m
	tower height	46.6 m
	clearance	30 m

Chronology

1940

The main suspended deck structure is replaced by an identical one made of steel.

Notes & Comments

The bridge deck suffered damage in 1839 in a strong gale. The deck was eventually replaced in 1893 using steel. The entire structure was rehabilitated in 1940.

Relevant Web Sites
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	A Span for All Seasons: Menai Strait Suspension Bridge
	archINFORM: Menai Strait Bridge
	Bernd Nebel: Die Menai Suspension Bridge
	Bridge Postcard Collector's: Menai Suspension Bridge
	Project Menai - celebrating the bridges over the Menai Strait

Relevant Literature
	La reconstruction du pont suspendu de Menai (Grande - Bretange), in "Ossature métallique", November 1945 v. 10 .
	Beasley, Elizabeth The Menai suspension bridge, 1819-26 and Britannia Bridge, 1845-50, in "Ancient Monuments Society Transactions", 1985 v. 29 .
	Billington, David P. The Tower and the Bridge, Princeton University Press, Princeton (USA) , ISBN 069102393X, 1983; pp. 27-44.
	Brown, David J. Bridges, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York (USA) , ISBN 002517455X, 1993; pp. 58-59.
	Deswarte, Sylvie L'architecture et les ingénieurs, Moniteur, Paris (France) , ISBN 2281190994, 1997; pp. 131.
	Diana, Giorgio Passive control systems for reducing hangers wind induced vibrations, presented at Ponts suspendus et à haubans. Cable-stayed and suspension bridges, Deauville, 12.-15.10.1994.
	Dupré, Judith Bridges, Black Dog & Leventhal, New York (USA) , ISBN 1884822754, 1997; pp. 36-37.
	Dupré, Judith Brücken, Könemann, Cologne (Germany) , ISBN 3829004095, 1998; pp. 36-37.
	Dupré, Judith Les ponts, Könemann, Cologne (Germany) , ISBN 3829004109; pp. 36-37.
	Hoff, Robert Meisterwerke der Ingenieurbaukunst, Bundesanzeiger Verlag, Cologne (Germany) , ISBN 3887848861, 1998; pp. 133-136.
	Margolius, Ivan Architects + Engineers = Structures, Academy Editions, New York (USA) , ISBN 0471498254; pp. 23.
	Picon, Antoine L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 291-293.
	Quaranta, Arnaud Le Passage (1^st edition), Everest Communication, Luxembourg (Luxembourg) , ISBN 287996976X, 1999; pp. 172-173.
	Wittfoht, Hans Buiding bridges, Beton-Verlag, Düsseldorf (Germany) , ISBN 3764001763, 1984.

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