Britannia Bridge, Menai Strait

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19th-century structure historic bridge railway bridge

Britannia Bridge is a historic 19th-century railway bridge spanning the Menai Strait in Wales, originally designed by engineer Robert Stephenson as a pioneering tubular iron structure.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Britannia Bridge (nearby) 1
Britannia Bridge (region) 1
Britannia Bridge, Menai Strait canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century structure ⓘ
historic bridge ⓘ
railway bridge ⓘ
carries A55 road NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Wales Coast Line ⓘ
railway traffic ⓘ
road traffic ⓘ
connects Anglesey ⓘ
surface form: Island of Anglesey

mainland Wales ⓘ
constructionEndDate 1850 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1846 ⓘ
country Wales ⓘ
crosses Menai Strait ⓘ
currentMaterial concrete ⓘ
steel ⓘ
damagedIn 1970 ⓘ
designer Robert Stephenson ⓘ
hasDesign arch bridge ⓘ
box girder ⓘ
hasNumberOfLevels 2 ⓘ
hasPiersOn Britannia Rock ⓘ
heritageStatus Grade II listed structure ⓘ
locatedIn Menai Strait ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
locatedNear Bangor ⓘ
surface form: Bangor, Gwynedd

Llanfairpwllgwyngyll ⓘ
lowerLevelCarries rail traffic ⓘ
namedAfter Britannia Rock ⓘ
near Menai Bridge ⓘ
surface form: Menai Suspension Bridge
notableFor early large-scale box girder engineering ⓘ
pioneering tubular iron construction ⓘ
openedFor rail traffic ⓘ
openingDate 1850 ⓘ
originalDesign tubular iron bridge ⓘ
originalDesignType tubular bridge ⓘ
originalFunction railway bridge only ⓘ
originalMaterial wrought iron ⓘ
partOf North Wales Expressway ⓘ
surface form: A55 North Wales Expressway
passesOver tidal strait ⓘ
railwayOwner Network Rail ⓘ
reconstructedIn 1970s ⓘ
reconstructionReason fire damage ⓘ
reconstructionType concrete and steel arch bridge ⓘ
region Gwynedd ⓘ
roadAuthority Welsh Government ⓘ
significantEvent fire of 1970 ⓘ
upperLevelCarries road traffic ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Robert Stephenson → notableWork → Britannia Bridge, Menai Strait ⓘ
Caernarfon, Gwynedd → hasBridgeConnectionNearby → Britannia Bridge, Menai Strait ⓘ
this entity surface form: Britannia Bridge (region)
Menai Bridge → crossedBy → Britannia Bridge, Menai Strait ⓘ
this entity surface form: Britannia Bridge (nearby)