Dryburgh Suspension Bridge

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Dryburgh Suspension Bridge
Berwickshire, Roxburghshire

Dryburgh Suspension Bridge
Location
Type: Suspension bridge
Carrying: Footpath
Crossing: River Tweed
Location
Grid reference: NT588320
Location: 55°34’50"N, 2°39’15"W
Structure
Type: Suspension bridge
History
Information

Dryburgh Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge for foot traffic across the River Tweed near Dryburgh in Berwickshire, crossing to the fields on the Roxburghshire bank.

It is a relatively simple design with only one suspended span.

History

The suspension bridge was built as a footbridge from the very first, and was built in 1872 with a gift intended to allow the Dryburgh villagers to worship at the churches in St Boswells and Newtown St Boswells). An earlier bridge nearby, the Dryburgh Abbey Bridge, collapsed in 1818.

Outside links

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about Dryburgh Suspension Bridge)
Dryburgh Suspension Bridge on the Tweed

References