Gattonside Suspension Bridge
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| Gattonside Suspension Bridge | |
| Roxburghshire | |
|---|---|
 The Gattonside Suspension Bridge | |
| Location | |
| Type: | Suspension bridge |
| Carrying: | Footpath |
| Crossing: | River Tweed |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NT545346 |
| Location: | 55°36’10"N, 2°43’24"W |
| Structure | |
| Type: | Suspension bridge |
| History | |
| Built 1826 | |
| Information | |
The Gattonside Suspension Bridge, otherwise known as the Chain Bridge, crosses the River Tweed in Roxburghshire between the village of Gattonside on the north bank and Melrose on the south, carrying a footpath from a lane through the village meadows to the fields north of Melrose.
This is an early suspension bridge, built in 1826 by Redpath Brown & Co of Edinburgh. Its cables are iron suspension chains, from which iron rods provide vertical suspenders, all suspending a wooden deck. The pylons are inspired by the Gothic style, with tracery and with central pointed arched openings and corbelled and crenellated heads.
The bridge was repaired in 1992, and is today protected as a Category B listed building.[1]
