Bridge Of Earn, River Earn, (New) Bridge Of Earn
Road Bridge (19th Century)
Site Name Bridge Of Earn, River Earn, (New) Bridge Of Earn
Classification Road Bridge (19th Century)
Canmore ID 113179
Site Number NO11NW 100
NGR NO 13186 18676
NGR Description From NO 1320 1871 to NO 1316 1863
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/113179
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Dunbarney
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO11NW 100 13186 18676 (from NO 1320 1871 to 1316 1863)
For (predecessor) Old Bridge of Earn (NO 1323 1847 to 1328 1856), see NO11NW 14. For (successor) motorway bridge (NO 1374 1839 to 1375 1831), see NO11NW 101.
(Location cited as NO 132 187 and name as Bridge of Earn). Early 19th century and later. A 3-span bridge with elliptical masonry arches, widened in concrete.
J R Hume 1977.
NO11NW 152 13220 18717 Bridgehouse
Construction (1819)
Finely proprtioned masonry bridge. Widened in 1935 using reinforced concrete.
R Paxton and J Shipway 2007
Project (2007)
This project was undertaken to input site information listed in 'Civil engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders' by R Paxton and J Shipway, 2007.
Publication Account (2007)
Two miles south of Friarton Bridge (NO 1304 2160) is the Bridge of Earn, a finely proportioned masonry bridge now carrying the A912 across the Earn on three equal semielliptical arches of 75 ft span. It was designed by John Rennie, built in 1819, and is still in service. His drawing was published in Cresy’s Treatise on Bridge-Building, Williams, London 1839.
Since widening in 1935 the bridge’s original facades on each side have been obscured.Despite a measure of ingenuity, the appearance of the bridge was not enhanced by this widening, which was achieved by means of reinforced concrete continuous girders of varying depth forming cellular construction. Mock voussoirs are inscribed in the concrete arch-ring but this does not exactly follow the extrados of the old bridge which is visible behind like petticoats showing below a skirt. The Bridge of Earn widening was designed by F. A. Macdonald & Partners, the consulting engineer was Dugald McLellan, and the contractor Murdoch McKenzie Ltd.
R Paxton and J Shipway
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders' with kind permission of Thomas Telford Publishers.
