Bridge of Don

In 1605 Alexander Hay executed a Charter of Mortification for the maintenance of the 13th century Brig o' Balgownie further upstream, which later became the Bridge of Don Fund, which financed several bridges in the north-east of Scotland. This fund having accumulated a value of over , the patrons of the fund, the town council, sought an Act of Parliament to permit construction of a new bridge in 1825. The original design by John Gibb and John Smith was modified by Thomas Telford, and construction work started in 1827. It was listed as a Category B listed building in 1967.

The bridge has five spans of dressed granite, and rounded cutwaters that carry up to road level to form pedestrian refuges. It now carries four lanes of the A956 road, and is the last bridge on the River Don before it meets the North Sea. The bridge is just downstream from a substantial island in the river. Near to the bridge are a number of World War II era coastal defences, including a pill box.