from Thomas Telford's adjacent 1826 Conwy Suspension Bridge. The Victoria Bridge was the first bridge to cross the St. Lawrence River, and was the longest bridge in the world when it was completed in 1859. It was rebuilt as a truss bridge in 1898. See also List of bridges in Wales Menai Heritage Bridges Exhibition, museum about the Menai and Britannia bridges References Notes Bibliography Norrie, Charles Matthew (1956) Bridging the Years – a short history of British Civil Engineering, Edward Arnold (Publishers) Ltd Rapley, John (2003). The Britannia and other Tubular Bridges, Tempus, Rolt, L. T. C. (1960). George and Robert Stephenson: The Railway Revolution, Penguin, Ch. 15, Further reading External links Britannia Bridge (1905) at Grandad's Photograph Album Britannia Bridge, Bangor entrance showing lion (1905) at Grandad's Photograph Album General description of the Britannia and Conway tubular bridges on the Chester and Holyhead Railway, 1849, from Google Book Search In 1969 the BBC show Bird's Eye View captured an aerial view of a train crossing the bridge in the episode Man on the Move. Available in the online BBC Archives, the Britannia Bridge segment appears at the 25:47 mark. The Night the Bridge Caught Fire BBC programme page Menai Heritage A community project and museum celebrating the two bridges over the Menai Strait and the town of Menai Bridge Bridges in Anglesey Bridges completed in 1850 Truss arch bridges Tubular bridges Road-rail bridges in the United Kingdom Train and rapid transit fires 1970 fires in the United Kingdom Fires in England Railway bridges in Wales Road bridges in Wales Menai Strait Llanfairpwllgwyngyll Pentir Grade II listed bridges in Wales Grade II listed buildings in Anglesey Grade II listed buildings in Gwynedd Double-decker bridges Bridges in Gwynedd