Bridge Of Alford
Road Bridge (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Bridge Of Alford
Classification Road Bridge (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) River Don
Canmore ID 120062
Site Number NJ51NE 64
NGR NJ 56134 17166
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/120062
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Alford
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
Bridge of Alford, 1811, William Minto. At Boat of Forbes, an important ferry point on the north/south route, built by Parliamentary Commissioners for a not inconsiderable £2000. Graced by three segmental arches in ashlar, the central one the largest, with cutwaters topped by pedestrian refuges; approaches splayed.
Taken from "Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NJ51NE 64 56134 17166
Bridge of Alford [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1979.
See also MR 18 (formerly LIN 516).
Bridge of Alford.
ARCHITECT: Thomas Telford (1803-21).
(Undated) information in NMRS.
(Location cited as NJ 562 172). Bridge of Alford. Built 1810-11 and rebuilt 1829. A 3-span bridge of dressed stone, with segmental arches and triangular cutwaters extended up to form semihexagonal pedestrian refuges. The central arch is larger than the other two.
J R Hume 1977.
This bridge carries the A944 public road (also a military road, MR 18) across the River Don, which here forms the boundary between the parishes of Alford (to the S) and Tullynessle and Forbes (to the N).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 11 August 1997.
Publication Account (2007)
Bridge of Alford
This bridge, completed in 1811, carries the A944 road over the Don. It is a smaller version of Potarch Bridge (NO69NW 14) and has the same configuration with three masonry arch-spans of 40 ft, 48 ft and 40 ft. It also formed part of the improvement of the strategic road from Brechin to Elgin.
The bridge was designed by Telford, surveyed by William Minto, and the contractor W. Farquharson.
R Paxton and J Shipway, 2007.
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Highlands and Islands' with kind permission from Thomas Telford Publishers.
