Menai Straits Bridge

Photograph by David P. Billington


Source: CIV 102 Lectures


Source: Structural Art Lecture


Photograph by David P. Billington

 
Designer: Thomas Telford
Location: Over the Menai Straits, Wales, Great Britain.
Built: Completed in 1826
Type: Chain-suspension bridge
Dimensions: Main Span: 580 feet
Material: Wrought iron

Notes:

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:

References:

Billington, David P. The Tower and The Bridge (Chapter 2), Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ, 1985.
 
 

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