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| Anglesey is connected to the Welsh mainland by road and rail bridges. The most famous is the road bridge—pictured here looking towards the mainland from Anglesey—designed by the Scottish civil engineer Thomas Telford and built between 1819 and 1826. It was one of the world’s first large suspension bridges, with a main span of 176 m (580 ft). Its construction, as part of a project to build a road between London and Holyhead, marked the start of the modern development of Anglesey. | ||||||
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| Gwynedd (county); Menai Bridge; Isle of Anglesey (unitary authority); Telford, Thomas | ||||||
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