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Menai Strait

Menai Strait , channel of the Irish Sea, 14 mi (23 km) long and from 200 yd (183 m) to 2 mi (3.2 km) wide, between the island of Anglesey and mainland Gwynedd, NW Wales. Thomas Telford's suspension bridge (1826; rebuilt 1938-41) carries the road from Bangor on the mainland to Anglesey, over the strait, and Robert Stephenson's tubular bridge (1850) carries a railroad. Caernarvon is on the strait; Llanfair-Pwllgwyngyll is nearby.

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Menai Bridge

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Menai Bridge (Porthaethwy) Angl. ‘Bridge over the Menai Strait’. A bridge was built across the Menai Strait in 1826 and the town developed soon after. The name of the strait itself is of uncertain origin. The Welsh name means ‘ferry of Daethwy’ (Welsh porth), from a tribal name.

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Caernarfon

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Caernarfon a town in NW Wales on the shore of the Menai Strait, the birthplace of Edward II.

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