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Tubular bridge

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a bridge in the form of a hollow trunk or rectangular tube, with cellular walls made of iron plates riveted together, as the Britannia bridge over the Menai Strait, and the Victoria bridge at Montreal.
a bridge in the form of a hollow trunk or tube, made of iron plates riveted together, as the Victoria bridge over the St. Lawrence, at Montreal, Canada, and the Britannia bridge over the Menai Straits.

See also: Bridge Tubular



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1850: The Menai tubular bridge, joining Wales and Anglesey, constructed by Robert Stephenson, was opened.
1850: The Menai tubular bridge, joining Wales and Anglesey, constructed by Robert Stephenson, was opened.
A short, stiff scramble brought us face-to-face with one of the four great stone lions sculpted in 1848 by the Gloucestershire artist John Thomas to guard both ends of the original tubular bridge.
 
 
 
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