General Wade's Bridge and the River Tay. Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe.

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Wade's Bridge crosses the River Tay on the north west side of Aberfeldy on the Weem/Kenmore road. It is one of over 40 bridges built in the Highlands between 1726 and 1735 as part of General Wade's 402 km of road construction 'for securing a safe and easy communication between the highlands and the trading towns of the low country' as the inscription on the bridge reads. Built in 1733 to a design by William Adam, it is a 5 span bridge, 112m long and wide, hump backed with a broad central arch with raised parapet and 4 obelisks. The chlorite schist for its construction was quarried locally and it took 2 years to prepare the stones which were all dressed, marked and numbered at the quarry. At the time of its construction, it was the only bridge spanning the Tay - earlier bridges at Perth and Dunkeld had been destroyed.

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Location: General Wade's Bridge and the River Tay. Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom, Eur
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