Torphichen Bridge
Road Bridge (19th Century)
Site Name Torphichen Bridge
Classification Road Bridge (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) River Avon
Canmore ID 47944
Site Number NS97SE 39
NGR NS 95464 73572
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/47944
- Council West Lothian
- Parish Torphichen
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County West Lothian
Torphichen Bridge, A801, c.1790
Built by the Trustees of the Bathgate-Airdrie Turnpike Trust over the Avon Gorge.
Taken from "West Lothian: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Stuart Eydmann, Richard Jaques and Charles McKean, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NS97SE 39 95464 73572
Torphichen Bridge [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, September 2011.
For adjacent mill lade and trackway, see NS97SE 60.
EXTERNAL REFERENCE:
Scottish Record Office
Proposed Bridge over the Avon. The Trustees require the Plan to be returned.
Letter from Mr Livingstone, Parkhall, to William Forbes.
1788 GD 171/Box 16
(Undated) information in NMRS.
This bridge carries the A801 public road over the River Avon about 1.8km NW of Torphichen village. The river here defines the boundary between the parishes of Torphichen (to the SE) and Muiravonside (to the NW).
(Undated) information in NMRS.
