Best of Scottish Lowlands
The 20 best historic bridges in Scottish Lowlands
Our curated top 20 historic bridges in Scottish Lowlands, ranked by quality rating, image richness and content depth. For the complete list of 533 historic bridges see the full historic bridges index for Scottish Lowlands.
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Prebends Bridge
Prebends Bridge, along with Framwellgate and Elvet bridges, is one of three stone-arch bridges in the centre of Durham, England, that cross the River Wear. The bridge forms part of the Durham Castle a
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Eamont Bridge
Eamont Bridge is a road bridge over the River Eamont, at the village of the same name, immediately to the south of Penrith, Cumbria, England. It is a scheduled monument and a Grade I listed building (
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Swing Bridge
A swing bridge (or swing span bridge) is a movable bridge that can be rotated horizontally around a vertical axis. It has as its primary structural support a vertical locating pin and support ring, us
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Auldgirth Bridge
Auldgirth Bridge is a bridge over the River Nith just outside Auldgirth in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Designed by David Henderson of Edinburgh in 1781, it was built by William Stewart, and compl
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Buittle Bridge
Buittle Bridge, also known as Craignair Bridge is a bridge over the Urr Water just outside Dalbeattie in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Completed in 1797, it replaced and earlier two-span bridge of
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Kirkdale Bridge
Kirkdale Bridge is a bridge over the Kirkdale Burn in the parish of Kirkmabreck, between Gatehouse of Fleet and Creetown in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It was built for Sir Samuel Hannay, based o
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Monkwearmouth Railway Bridge
Monkwearmouth Railway Bridge (officially Monkwearmouth Bridge, also called Wearmouth Railway Bridge or Sunderland Railway Bridge) is a railway bridge built in 1879, crossing the River Wear at Sunderla
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Tyne Bridge
The Tyne Bridge is a through arch bridge over the River Tyne in North East England, linking Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead. The bridge was designed by the engineering firm Mott, Hay and Anderson, w
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Kinnel Bridge
The Kinnel Bridge is a road bridge near the Scottish town of Templand, in the council area of Dumfries and Galloway. In 1971 the building was included in the Scottish monument lists in category B. The
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Ken Bridge
The Ken Bridge is a road bridge about 0.8 kilometres (0.5 mi) north east of New Galloway in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, which carries the A712 road over the Water of Ken towards Balmaclellan. Des
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Burnside Bridge
The Burnside Bridge is a 1926-built bascule bridge that spans the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, United States, carrying Burnside Street. It is the second bridge at the same site to carry that
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Elvet Bridge
Elvet Bridge is a medieval masonry arch bridge across the River Wear in the city of Durham, in County Durham, England. It links the peninsula in central Durham and the Elvet area of the city, and is a
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Newby Bridge
Newby Bridge is a hamlet in the Lake District, Cumbria, England. Historically in Lancashire, it is located several miles west of Grange-over-Sands and is on the River Leven, close to the southern end
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Wearmouth Bridge
Wearmouth Bridge is a through arch bridge across the River Wear in Sunderland, England. It is the final bridge over the river before its mouth with the North Sea.
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Noah's Ford - Bridge Over Church Burn
Details NY 75 NE PLENMELLER WITH WHITFIELD 8/168 Noah's Ford - bridge over Church Burn II Bridge,probably mid C18.Coursed rubble with margined dressings. Elliptical arch flanked by pilasters which red
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Coronation Bridge
The Coronation Bridge, also known as the Sevoke Roadway Bridge, is a bridge across the Teesta River at Sevoke in the Indian state of West Bengal. The bridge is a part of the National Highway 17 (previ
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Warwick Bridge
Warwick Bridge is a village in the Cumberland district of the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. It forms part of a small urban area which includes the villages of Corby Hill and Little Corby. In
