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30 January 1826 ; 198 years ago(1826-01-30) Location. The Menai Suspension Bridge ( Welsh: Pont y Borth or Pont Grog y Borth) is a suspension bridge spanning the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales. Designed by Thomas Telford and completed in 1826, it was the world's first major suspension bridge. [ 1 ]
Bridges in the United Kingdom is a link page for significant road bridges or footbridges in the United Kingdom. Significant railway bridges are listed under List of railway bridges and viaducts in the United Kingdom. Significant canal aqueducts are listed under List of canal aqueducts in the United Kingdom.
Map showing the Second Severn Crossing in relation to other crossings and the estuary itself. The Second Severn Crossing (Welsh: Ail Groesfan Hafren), officially named the Prince of Wales Bridge (Welsh: Pont Tywysog Cymru) since July 2018, is the M4 motorway bridge over the River Severn between England and Wales, opened in 1996 to supplement the traffic capacity of the Severn Bridge built in 1966.
The England–Wales border, sometimes referred to as the Wales–England border or the Anglo-Welsh border, runs for 160 miles (260 km) [ 1] from the Dee estuary, in the north, to the Severn estuary in the south, separating England and Wales. [ 2][ 3] It has followed broadly the same line since the 8th century, and in part that of Offa's Dyke ...
53.23°N 4.16°W. / 53.23; -4.16. Menai Bridge ( Welsh: Porthaethwy; usually referred to colloquially as Y Borth) is a town and community on the Isle of Anglesey in north-west Wales. It overlooks the Menai Strait and lies by the Menai Suspension Bridge, built in 1826 by Thomas Telford, just over the water from Bangor.
Toll roads in Great Britain. Toll roads in Great Britain, used to raise fees for the management of roads in the United Kingdom, were common in the era of the turnpike trusts. Currently there is a single major road, the M6 Toll and a small number of bridges and tunnels where tolls are collected. In addition, there are also two UK road pricing ...
The United Kingdom has a well developed and extensive network of roads totalling about 262,300 miles (422,100 km). Road distances are shown in miles or yards and UK speed limits are indicated in miles per hour (mph) or by the use of the national speed limit (NSL) symbol. Some vehicle categories have various lower maximum limits enforced by ...
National Trails are a network of long-distance paths in England and Wales (plus a small stretch of the Pennine Way in Scotland [6]) funded by Natural England and Natural Resources Wales and maintained by local authorities under a Trail Partnership. [7] As of January 2023, there are over 2,500 miles (4,000 km) of trails on seventeen routes. [7]