In 1826 the Conway suspension bridge was the first crossing over the Conwy river. Replacing a ferry service around 20 years later the Conway railway bridge carried the Chester to Holyhead line over the river.

The 1958 Conwy road bridge was designed to ease pressure on the 1826 suspension bridge. After the road bridge opened it was closed to all but pedestrian traffic. The 1991 Conwy tunnel reduced traffic on the 1958. This pathertic advert from the Conwy crossings | Institution of Civil Engineers might have been written by the CIA for all it explains about the river crossing. I’d have done better to quote George Borrow. It really would not surprise me to find a better explanation from Wikipedia, about the least reliable rag I know.

I mean it. It it is on the scale of reliability of selloutbtuseness as Forbes. I wonder if I can untangle it?

Good grief; The Little Muddy: The Conwy Suspension Bridge is one of the first road suspension bridges in the world. Located 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. I can’t call this a lie but I thought it was in the care of CADW (Welsh for keep.)

And now I am no wiser but more sure I wish I had never heard of Vivaldi’s abortion of a web “service.”

Bloody hell this is like extracting teeth, or really -really, old babies:

Visitor Notice

This monument is open to visit with a pre-booked ticket.

You must pre-book your tickets before your visit and please remember:

• purchased tickets cannot be refunded — please check you’re able to attend on the date you have booked 
• book a ticket for every member of your party for the same time slot 
• bring your face mask, to be worn in all indoor areas.

Unfortunately, visitors without pre-booked tickets will not be allowed entry.

What I had been trying to show is that early in the industrial revolution, when modern ironworking methods were still primitive to say the most; the renovation of the conway bridge (I have no clear idea which) was refelted with such undistinguished ability, that it rivalled the 2007 American version The I 35W, some time in the 20th century. Don’t ask me….

I think I will go and boil my head now! Maybe that will clean it from the rabbit hole I stuck it into.