Buittle Bridge

{{Short description|18th-century stone bridge in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland}}

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| name = Buittle Bridge or Craignair Bridge

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| image = File:Buittle_Bridge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_177604.jpg

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| caption = The bridge viewed from the north-east

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| carries = A711 road

| crosses = Urr Water

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| heritage = Category A listed building

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| material = Stone: rubble and ashlar

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Buittle Bridge, also known as Craignair Bridge is a bridge over the Urr Water just outside Dalbeattie in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Completed in 1797,{{sfn|Historic Environment Scotland|LB3364}} it replaced and earlier two-span bridge of the same name which was destroyed in a flood a short time after its completion;{{sfn|Historic Environment Scotland|LB3364}} the remains of this older bridge, comprising the base of its pier and some remnants of its south-west abutment, survive a short distance upstream.{{sfn|Historic Environment Scotland|LB3364}}{{sfn|Canmore:Buittle Old Bridge}}

Buittle Bridge has a single depressed arch, with a span of approximately {{convert|90|ft|m}}, and a humpbacked carriageway. Unusually wide for a single-span stone bridge, its voussoirs, springers and soffit are made of ashlar, and its spandrels and parapet are of rubble. Historic Environment Scotland note that the masonry work on the bridge is unusually fine.{{sfn|Historic Environment Scotland|LB3364}}

The bridge was designated a Category A listed building in 1989. It is still in use, carrying the A711 road south-west out of Dalbeattie towards Castle Douglas and Kirkcudbright,{{sfn|Historic Environment Scotland|LB3364}} and spanning the boundary between the parishes of Haugh of Urr and Buittle.{{sfn|Canmore:Buittle Bridge}}