Cartland Bridge

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| image = Cartland_Bridge_from_the_river_below_-_geograph.org.uk_-_587774.jpg

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| caption = View of the bridge from the river below

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| carries = Pedestrians and vehicles

| crosses = Mouse Water

| locale = Lanark, South Lanarkshire
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| maint = South Lanarkshire Council

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| architect = Thomas Telford{{cite web|title=Lanark, Lanark Road, Cartland Bridge|url=http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/46638/details/lanark+lanark+road+cartland+bridge/|work=Canmore|publisher=Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland}}

| designer = Robert Hutchison{{cite web|title=1822 - Cartland bridge built |url=http://www.lanark.co.uk/history/time-line/P25 |work=Time Line |publisher=Lanark Life |accessdate=14 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140515020234/http://www.lanark.co.uk/history/time-line/P25 |archivedate=15 May 2014 }}

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| design = Arch bridge

| material = Dressed stone

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| height = 39 meters

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| begin = 1821

| complete = 1822

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| preceded = Cleghorn Bridge

| followed = Mousemill Bridge

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Cartland Bridge is a road bridge on the A73 north-west of Lanark, South Lanarkshire which spans the Mouse Water, a tributary of the River Clyde. The three-span bridge was built in 1822, to designs by the engineer Thomas Telford. It is notable for being the highest bridge over inland water in Scotland.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}} It is a category B listed building.{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=LB13054|desc=Cartland Bridge|cat=B|access-date=28 March 2019}}

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