Menai Suspension Bridge (rail)

1850305 mAnglesey

CountryUK (Wales

Year Opened1850

Length305 m

RouteAnglesey

About Menai Suspension Bridge (rail)

The Britannia Tubular Bridge carried the railway over the Menai Strait. Designed by Robert Stephenson. The original tubes were replaced with an arch in 1970 after a fire.

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