Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders
Date 2007
Event ID 589059
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/589059
This bridge, with its four segmental masonry arches, was erected over the Tweed from 1885–87 by G. Meakin and J. W. Dean to a design of Thomas Codrington. It has two 90 ft central spans flanked by 85 ft spans, all of hollowspandrel construction, and is 16 ft wide. The bridge replaced a bold laminated timber segmental arch-truss bridge with two 190 ft spans designed by J. Blackmore and erected in 1838.
R Paxton and J Shipway 2007
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering Heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders' with kind permission from Thomas Telford Publishers.
