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Three Bridges

Looking down from Conwy Castle's walls to the three bridges that span the Conwy River. On the left is the newest road bridge, in the center the original road bridge built by Thomas Telford and on the right the railway bridge. Shortly after the Menai Bridge to Anglesey was begun, it was determined by the Commissioners of the Holyhead road that a bridge of similar design should be built over the estuary of the Conwy, immediately opposite the old castle at that place, and which had formerly been crossed by an open ferry boat. The first stone was laid on the 3rd of April, 1822. (The Life of Thomas Telford by Samuel Smiles).