Britannia Bridge - Britannia Bridge

Japanese: ブリタニア橋 - ブリタニアきょう
Britannia Bridge - Britannia Bridge
This is a railway bridge completed in 1850 by R. Stephenson across the Menai Straits, which separates Wales from Anglesey in the UK. It is a wrought iron box girder bridge. It has two spans, one 140m and one 70m long, and is famous as the longest railway bridge at the time.

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Japanese:
英国,ウェールズとアングルシー島を隔てるメナイ海峡にR.スティーブンソンによって1850年完成された鉄道橋。錬鉄製のボックスガーダー橋。140mと70mの支間が各2径間ずつあり当時最長の鉄道橋として有名。

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