Caputh Bridge
Road Bridge (19th Century) (1889)
Site Name Caputh Bridge
Classification Road Bridge (19th Century) (1889)
Alternative Name(s) Victoria Bridge; River Tay
Canmore ID 26975
Site Number NO03NE 26.01
NGR NO 08881 39514
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/26975
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Caputh
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO03NE 26.01 08911 39514
(Location cited as NO 089 395). Victoria Bridge. Built 1899 by engineers Sir William Arrol and Co; this 3-span, iron-girder truss bridge has a total length of 419 ft (128m) and was built using trusses from the first Tay Bridge (NO32NE 17).
J R Hume 1977; NMRS, MS/749.
See Architecture
NOSAS photographs, 1987.
This bridge carries the B9099 public road over the River Tay, which here forms the boundary between the parishes of Caputh and Little Dunkeld.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 10 October 1996.
EXTERNAL REFERENCE
Perth Art Gallery & Museum, 23 March 1887 - subscription book for Spittalfield.
Construction (1899)
Victoria Bridge was built in 1899 by engineers Sir William Arrol and Co. This 3-span, iron-girder truss bridge has a total length of 419 ft (128m) and was built using trusses from the first Tay Bridge (NO32NE 17).
J R Hume 1977; NMRS, MS/749.
Destruction (1993)
The late 19th century iron-girder truss bridge by Sit William Arrol and Co was demolished in 1993 and replaced by a bridge (NO03NE 26) built immediately downstream.
Information from Peter McKeague (Historic Environment Scotland) 14 June 2021
