Peebles, Priorsford Bridge
Suspension Bridge (20th Century)
Site Name Peebles, Priorsford Bridge
Classification Suspension Bridge (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) River Tweed; Ninian's Haugh; Tweed Green
Canmore ID 103480
Site Number NT24SE 94
NGR NT 25359 40193
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/103480
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Peebles
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT24SE 94 25359 40193
Priorsford Bridge (F B) [NAT]
OS 1:2500 map, 1965.
(Suspension bridge of wire rope and truss deck type: location incorrectly cited as NT 253 403). Late 19th century. Lattice-girder pylons on brick piers, wire-rope cables, iron rod suspenders, lattice-girder span. Span about 100 ft (30.5m). Public footbridge.
J R Hume 1977 b.
(Location cited as NT 253 403). Suspension footbridge, late 19th century. Curved truss span supported by wire-rope cables supported on lattice-girder pylons.
J R Hume 1976.
This bridge carries a footpath across the River Tweed within parkland to the SE of Peebles (NT24SE 49).
The location assigned to this record defines the centre of the span. Map evidence suggest that it extended from NT c. 25371 40215 to NT c. 25357 40171.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 26 January 2006.
Publication Account (2007)
A picturesque late-Victorian style suspension bridge with lattice towers and parapets erected over the Tweed in 1905. Its deck has a main span of 97 ft suspended from two 1 in. diameter twisted steel strand cables passing over lattice tower supports. It was designed by an engineer, R. J. M. Inglis, of ‘Tantah’, Peebles, and the contractor was Somervail of Dalmuir.
R Paxton and J Shipway 2007
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders' with kind permission from Thomas Telford Publishers.
Sbc Note (15 April 2016)
Visibility: Standing structure or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
