Dalreoch Bridge
Coordinates: 56 ° 20 ′ 34 " N , 3 ° 36 ′ 47" W.
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| use | Road bridge | |
| Convicted | Back road | |
| Subjugated | Earn | |
| place | near Dunning | |
| construction | Arch bridge | |
| Number of openings | 4th | |
| completion | 1767 | |
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The Dalreoch Bridge is a road bridge near the Scottish town of Dunning in the Council Area Perth and Kinross . In 1971 the bridge was included in the Scottish Monument List in the highest monument category A.
description
The masonry viaduct was completed in 1776. The necessary financial resources came from donations from the population. The A9 once ran over the Dalreoch Bridge. After a new bridge was built around 250 meters downstream, today there is only a side road with no infrastructural significance.
It is an arch bridge with four lined segment arches that spans the Earn around 3.5 km northwest of Dunning and northeast of Aberuthven . Your masonry is made of quarry stone . The pillars are designed with pointed icebreakers . The parapet was added later.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ a b Entry on Dalreoch Bridge in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
Web links
- Entry on Dalreoch Bridge in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database