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Pont du détroit de Menai

Informations générales

Lieu:	Bangor, Gwynned, Pays de Galles, Royaume-Uni
Franchit le/la:	détroit de Menai
A côté de:	Britannia Bridge (1850)
Coordonnées:	53° 13' 12.54" N 4° 9' 47.52" W

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1940	La structures suspendue principale est remplacée par une identique en acier

La poutre est endommagé en 1839 par un vent assez fort et finalement remplacé par une poutre en acier en 1893. Le pont entier est rénové en 1940.

Conception

Construction

Morris, Edward Harold / Rivers, Edward George (1912): The Repairs to the Menai Suspension Bridge. Dans: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, v. 190, n. 1912-4 ( 1912), pp. 293-309, appendix, plate.
https://doi.org/10.1680/imotp.1912.16871
Paxton, R. A. (1977): Menai Bridge (1818–1826) and its influence on Suspension Bridge Development. Dans: Transactions of the Newcomen Society, v. 49, n. 1 (janvier 1977), pp. 87-110.
https://doi.org/10.1179/tns.1977.007
Gibbs, Alec Robert / Tudsbery, Henry Tudsbery (1924): An Account of an Examination of the Menai Suspension Bridge. Dans: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, v. 217, n. 1924-1 ( 1924), pp. 208-238.
https://doi.org/10.1680/imotp.1924.14429
Provis, W. A. (1841): Observations on the effect of wind on the suspension bridge over the Menai strait, more especially with reference to the injuries which its roadways sustained during the storm of January 1839.. Dans: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, v. 1, n. 1841 ( 1841), pp. 74-77.
https://doi.org/10.1680/imotp.1841.24946
Maude, T. J. (1841): An Account of the Repairs and Alterations made in the Structure of the Menai Bridge, in consequence of the damage it received during the gale of January 7, 1839.. Dans: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, v. 1, n. 1841 ( 1841), pp. 58-59.
https://doi.org/10.1680/imotp.1841.24938