Drip Bridge

Drip Bridge
Perthshire, Stirlingshire
Location
Carrying:	A84
Crossing:	River Forth
Location
Grid reference:	NS77019566
Location:	56°8’16"N, 3°58’51"W
Structure
Material:	Concrete
History
Information

Drip Bridge is a modern, concrete bridge carrying the A84 trunk road over the River Forth as it heads westwards out of Stirling. It crosses from Stirlingshire on the eastern bank of the river to Perthshire on the western bank, the crossing point being just upstream of the point where the Forth unites with the River Teith.

The bridge purloined its name from the original, stone bridge on the Forth, now known as the Old Bridge and which stands beside the new, a few yards upstream. The Old Bridge carried the main road now represented by the A84 until the new Drip Bridge was built.

The tiny hamlet gathered around the bridges on the Perthshire bank is also known as 'Drip Bridge', with 'Hill of Drip' a farmstead up the lane from it.

Bridges and crossings on the River Forth
Gargunnock Bridge	Meiklewood House Bridge	Old Drip Bridge	Drip Bridge	M9 Forth Bridge	Old Mills Farm Footbridge	Old Stirling Bridge