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Latitude: 53.2337 / 53°14'1"N
Longitude: -4.1584 / 4°9'30"W
OS Eastings: 256036
OS Northings: 372910
OS Grid: SH560729
Mapcode National: GBR 5N.0BBC
Mapcode Global: WH541.3Z3D
Plus Code: 9C5Q6RMR+FM
Entry Name: Bridge over Afon Cadnant
Listing Date: 18 July 1997
Last Amended: 18 July 1997
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 18565
Building Class: Transport
Also known as: Bridge over Afon Cadnant (partly in Menai Bridge community)
ID on this website: 300018565
Location: Located at the mouth of the Afon Cadnant, where it runs into the Menai Strait.
County: Isle of Anglesey
Town: Menai Bridge
Community: Menai Bridge (Porthaethwy)
Community: Menai Bridge
Locality: Cwm Cadnant
Built-Up Area: Menai Bridge
Traditional County: Anglesey
Tagged with: Bridge Road bridge
In 1805 Viscount Thomas James Warren Bulkeley, (7th Viscount) made a new road through his own land to run alongside the Straits. The county was asked to pay for a bridge over Afon Cadnant. The road was opened in 1806. The road was later turned into a turnpike in 1828 and the bridge continued to be used as part of the main route between Menai Bridge and Beaumaris until a new bridge was built over the Afon Cadnant in 1973. This by-passes the old bridge, though it may still be crossed and is used when repairs are being made to the newer bridge.
Single span segmentally arched bridge of coursed and squared granite with buttresses either side of the span. The parapets have been raised or rebuilt at a later date.
Listed as a well-preserved example of an early C19 masonry bridge which is of particular historical interest in the context of early C19 improvements to transport on the island.
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