Assertion: bridge's span | /r/CapableOf | increase to 176 m
Facets:
value: rapidly
type: MANNER
value: with the menai bridge
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Early British chain bridges included the Dryburgh Abbey Bridge (1817) and 137 m Union Bridge (1820), with spans rapidly increasing to 176 m with the Menai Bridge (1826), "the first important modern suspension bridge".