What is Menai Suspension Bridge?
{{Infobox bridge |bridge_name = Menai Bridge |native_name = Pont Grog y Borth |native_name_lang = |image = Menai Suspension Bridge Dec 09.JPG |image_size = 300px |alt = |caption = The Menai Suspension Bridge from a viewpoint on the A5 near the [[Britannia Bridge]]. |official_name = |other_name = |carries = 2 lanes of A5 (Great Britain), cyclists and pedestrians |crosses = [[Menai Straits]] |locale = [[Anglesey]], [[North Wales]] |maint = |designer = [[Thomas Telford]] |design = [[Suspension Bridge]] |material = [[Wrought Iron]]<br> [[Rock (geology)|Stone]] |spans = Main: One <br> Arches: Eight |pierswater = Five |mainspan = {{convert|176|m}} |length = {{convert|417|m}} |width = {{convert|12|m}} |height = {{convert|30|m}} |load = |clearance = |below = |traffic = |builder = |begin = 1819 |complete = |open = 30 January 1826 |life = 1893: wooden deck replaced in [[steel]]<br>1938/40: iron chains replaced in steel. |preceded = |followed = |heritage = [[Listed building|Grade 1]] <br>Candidate: [[World Heritage Site]] |collapsed = |closed = |toll = |map_cue = |map_image = |map_alt = |map_text = |map_width = <!-- deprecated |coordinates = {{coord|53|13|12.5|N|4|9|47.25|W|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} --> |lat = |long = |extra = }} The '''Menai Suspension Bridge''' ({{lang-cy|Pont Grog y Borth}}) is a [[suspension bridge]] in [[Wales]]. It runs from the [[island]] of [[Anglesey]] to [[Holyhead]]. It was designed by [[Thomas Telford]]. They started building it in 1819 and it was finished in 1826. ==Building of the bridge== Before the bridge was built, the only way people could get to [[Anglesey]] is