Aberdeen, Persley Bridge
Road Bridge (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Aberdeen, Persley Bridge
Classification Road Bridge (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) River Don
Canmore ID 120434
Site Number NJ90NW 339
NGR NJ 90898 09484
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/120434
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Newhills
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ90NW 339 90898 09484
For associated pillboxes (NJ 9089 0944 and 9098 0946) and loophole (NJ 9098 0946), see NJ90NW 286 and NJ90NW 325 respectively. For boundary markers or stones at NJ 9095 0945 and NJ 9093 0945, see NJ90NW 143 and NJ90NW 1766 respectively.
(Location cited as NJ 909 094). Persley Bridge, Aberdeen, engineer P M Barnett. A 3-span bridge with three main segmental arches and a smaller flood arch. There are rounded cutwaters. The exposed voussoirs are of polished granite and the spandrels are rustic ashlar.
J R Hume 1977.
This bridge carries the A92 public road over the River Don on the northern outskirts of Aberdeen. The river here forms the boundary between the parishes of Newhills and Old Machar.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 26 August 1997.
NMRS REFERENCE:
Aberdeen, Persley Bridge.
Aberdeen Old Persley Bridge replaced by modern bridge before 1991.
