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[[Image:Im1894OurRail2-Conway.jpg|thumb|The Suspension Bridge can be seen in the background of this picture of the construction, in 1848, of the [[Conwy Railway Bridge|Conwy tubular bridge]]]]
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[[Image:JD Conwy susp1.jpg|thumb|2016]]
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[[Image:JD 2016 Conway gate.jpg|thumb|This way for Holyhead and points west. Typical Telford turnpike gate]]
 
Conwy/Conway suspension bridge
 
1822 In the course of improving the roads from [[Holyhead Road|Chester and Shrewsbury to Holyhead]], [[Thomas Telford]] built his two famous suspension bridges over the Conwy River and the [[Menai Bridge|Menai Strait]] in Wales. [[William Hazledine]] supplied the wrought and cast iron.
 
1826 The bridge was completed
 
1904 Mr. [[John James Webster|J. Webster]] CE, was employed to survey the structure and found grave cause for anxiety; the main suspension chains were very badly corroded; the suspension rods were also in a bad condition. All the suspension rods and pins were replaced, and steel cables fixed above the suspension links. It was also decided to build a stiffening girder coupled to the suspension rods on each side of the bridge, and at the same time to widen the bridge by building a footway 6ft. wide outside the suspenders on the north side of the bridge<ref>The Engineer 1904/05/20</ref>.
 
1958 A [[New Conway Bridge]] was opened to replace the function of Telford bridge's in carrying the A55 across the river.
 
See also [[Conwy Railway Bridge]].
 
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[[Category: Town - Conway]]
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[[Category: Early Iron Bridges]]
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[[Category: Suspension Bridges - Chain Type]]

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