Menai Suspension Bridge

The Menai Suspension Bridge is a Grade I listed structure featuring coursed rubble Penmon masonry with ashlar facings on its tapered suspension towers, also known as 'pyramids.' The bridge deck is suspended by a system of 16 chains, originally made of iron but now constructed from steel, which are anchored deep into the rock at both ends. On the Anglesey side, there are four arches, while the Bangor side has three, all resting on tapered piers. The arches include voussoirs, impost bands, and a bracket cornice above. Later additions include metal pedestrian walkways that extend further out, whereas the original design featured only a narrow central pavement. Each carriageway passes under the towers through semicircular arched openings, which are complemented above by paired blind recesses that contain inscribed tablets. The handrails extend to the low tapered piers, which have pyramidal caps at each end. On the mainland side, trellised railings continue on either side and curve around to end at similar piers with panelled recesses.