In 1810, Thomas Telford surveyed and recommended the route for the Holyhead Road through north Wales, some 83 miles, with work beginning in 1815 and completed in 1826. Construction of the Holyhead Road was not only the pinnacle of Thomas Telford's engineering achievements, it was also a landmark event in the history of British engineering, being the first major civil engineering project directly funded by parliament. Three notable major structures on the road are the Waterloo Bridge (nprn 23839) at Betws-y-coed, the Menai Suspension Bridge (nprn 43063) and the Stanley Embankment (nprn 43064) near Holyhead.
RCAHMW, 29 April 2008.