...G A MAUNSELL; J S HENZELL; A JARDINE; A H RICHARD MENAI BRIDGE WALES ANGLESEY UK CORRESPONDENCE ON MENAI BRIDGE RECONSTRUCTION. 615 CORRESPONDENCE ON PAPERSPUBLISHED I N JANUARY 1946 JOURNAL. Paper No. 5260. Menai Bridge Reconstruction -f By G m ANSONMAUNSELL,B.Sc.(Eng M.I.C.E...

... DESCRIPTIOONF THE ORIGINALBRIDUE. THE bridge spans the Menai Straitand provides the only directroad connexion between the Welsh mainland and the island of Anglesey. It is situated 2 miles from Bangor and 8 miles from Carnarvon. It has been remarked that the old bridge was elegant in appearance, excellent in its...

... the mostfamous viewpoints from below-from the road coming down from Anglesey and from Bangor-was practically unaltered. Mr. Chettoe considered that no one seeing the bridge after a period of years, if his last recollection was of the old bridge, would detect the difference unless his attention was specially...