Melrose Bridge
| Melrose Bridge | |
| Roxburghshire | |
|---|---|
 Melrose Bridge | |
| Location | |
| Carrying: | B6374 road |
| Crossing: | River Tweed |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NT52833485 |
| Location: | 55°36’18"N, 2°45’1"W |
| Structure | |
| No. of spans: | 2 |
| Material: | Stone |
| History | |
| Built 1762 | |
| Information | |
Melrose Bridge, otherwise known as Lowood Bridge, or 'the Bottle Bridge' carries the B6374 Melrose to Galashiels road across the River Tweed in Roxburghshire just upstream of Melrose.
The current bridge was built in 1762, at the height of the Georgian civil engineering effort, replacing a previous bridge at this spot. It is still a narrow, single-carriageway bridge, hump-backed with two cutwaters and on the south side is reached down a steep hill. A former toll house stands at the north end.
The bridge is a Category B listed structure.[1]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Melrose Bridge) |
References
- Melrose Bridge: Bridges on the Tyne
| Bridges and crossings on the River Tweed | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A7 Bridge | Galafoot Bridge | Redbridge Viaduct | Melrose Bridge | Gattonside Suspension Bridge | Leaderfoot Viaduct | Drygrange Old Bridge |
- ↑ Melrose Bridge (Category B) - Listing detail (Historic Environment Scotland)