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Menai Bridge #2

From Watling Street to A5

Following the Act of Union with Ireland, faster communications were required with Dublin.

Telford was commissioned to improve the Roman Road (Watling Street) and to cut a faster route across Wales (modern A5) to Holyhead.

The greatest challenge was crossing the Menai straights

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Uploaded on August 30, 2018
Taken on August 12, 2018