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Menai Strait facts for kids
Menai Strait west of Britannia Bridge showing the memorial to Admiral Lord Nelson
The Menai Strait (Welsh: Afon Menai, the "River Menai") is a narrow stretch of water which separates the island of Anglesey from the mainland of Wales. It is in the northwest corner of Wales. The straight is about 25km long. The water is not very deep. There are two bridges over the strait. The A5 road (which goes all the way to central London), goes across by the Menai Suspension Bridge. There is also the Britannia Tubular Bridge.
Images for kids
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The Menai Straits, painted 1860
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Thomas Telford's Menai Suspension Bridge crossing the Strait
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Glyn Garth flats on the banks of the Menai Strait opposite Upper Bangor
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A crab wearing a sponge suit seen underwater below the Menai Suspension Bridge