Inveramsay Bridge
Road Bridge (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Inveramsay Bridge
Classification Road Bridge (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) River Urie; Inveramsay, Cast-iron Bridge; Inveramsey; Harlaw
Canmore ID 19021
Site Number NJ72SW 49
NGR NJ 74134 24648
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/19021
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Chapel Of Garioch
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
Inveramsay Bridge (over Urie), 1845/55. A notable survival of early Victorian high-tech, showing a strict functionality worthy of the Modern Movement. The main span has three perforated arched girders cast in two pieces and bolted in the middle, springing from granite ashlar abutments. Plain girder flood-span on west side and cast-iron plate parapets
to both spans. A gem.
Taken from "Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NJ72SW 49 74134 24648
For corresponding railway bridge (adjacent to NE), see NJ72SW 161.
(Location cited as NJ 741 246). Cast-iron bridge, Inveramsay, mid 19th century. A single-span, 3-rib, cast-iron bridge, with parapet formed of thin cast-iron plates. The abutments are of masonry and the ribs are cast in two sections.
J R Hume 1977.
Inveramsay Bridge (over Urie), 1845/55. A notable survival of early Victorian high-tech, showing a strict functionality worthy of the Modern Movement. The main span has three perforated arched girders cast in two pieces and bolted in the middle, springing from granite ashlar abutments. Plain girder flood-span on W side and cast-iron plate parapets to both spans. A gem.
I Shepherd 1994.
This bridge carries an unclassified public road across the River Urie. It is depicted, but not noted, on the latest edition of the OS 1:10,000 map [no date available].
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 10 July 1997.
Publication Account (2007)
Bridge of Don, Kintore
This triple-span iron bridge, erected in 1882, was taken down from 1985–87 and replaced by a steel bowstring structure of similar appearance. The roadway of the central span was carried by two wrought-iron bowstring
girders of 120 ft span with a maximum height of 12 ft. They were connected at mid-span above the road by arched ironwork supporting the Kintore coat of arms.
The roadways of the approach spans were supported on cast-iron beams spanning 20 ft between the granite masonry abutments and circular river piers. At the north approach there were two finely detailed cast-iron balustrades. The ironwork contractors were James Abernethy and Co.
R Paxton and J Shipway, 2007.
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Highlands and Islands' with kind permission from Thomas Telford Publishers.
