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Conwy Suspension Bridge

Conwy Suspension Bridge

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Conwy Suspension Bridge

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Location: North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom

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Best Road Cycling Rides to Conwy Suspension Bridge

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1. North Wales Coast Path – Conwy Castle loop from Tal-y-Cafn

101km

04:44

1,220m

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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2. Conwy Suspension Bridge – Conwy Castle loop from Llandudno Junction

55.7km

02:29

520m

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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3. Conwy Suspension Bridge – Conwy Castle loop from Penmaenmawr

38.6km

01:46

370m

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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Piotr Stopaj 🧉

July 21, 2021

National Trust Conwy suspension bridge

Lol Pro And Her Dog 🇬🇧 🐕🌻

March 25, 2024

The Conwy Suspension Bridge is a Grade I-listed structure and is one of the first road suspension bridges in the world. Located in the medieval town of Conwy in Conwy county borough, North Wales, it is now only passable on foot. The bridge is now in the care of the National Trust. It originally carried the A55(T) road from Chester to Bangor.

Lol Pro And Her Dog 🇬🇧 🐕🌻

March 25, 2024

Built by Thomas Telford, the 99.5-metre-long (326 ft) suspension bridge spans the River Conwy next to Conwy Castle, a World Heritage Site. The bridge was built in 1822–1826 at a cost of £51,000 (equivalent to $4,701,000 in 2019) and replaced the ferry at the same point. It is in the same style as one of Telford's other bridges, the Menai Suspension Bridge crossing the Menai Strait. The original wooden deck was replaced by an iron roadway in the late nineteenth century and it was strengthened by adding wire cables above the original iron chains in 1903. The following year a six-foot-wide (1.8 m) walkway was added for pedestrian traffic. The bridge was superseded by a new road bridge built alongside and closed on 13 December 1958 when Henry Brooke, the Minister of Welsh Affairs, performed the opening ceremony of the new bridge. The suspension bridge is now only used as a footbridge and has been owned by the National Trust since 1965 who make a small charge for entry.

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Location: North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom

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1. North Wales Coast Path – Conwy Castle loop from Tal-y-Cafn

2. Conwy Suspension Bridge – Conwy Castle loop from Llandudno Junction

3. Conwy Suspension Bridge – Conwy Castle loop from Penmaenmawr

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