Sluggan Bridge

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Sluggan Bridge is a historic bridge spanning the River Dulnain in Scotland.

History

The present bridge replaces a two-arched bridge of {{convert|32|ft}} span built by George Wade as part of a military road.{{cite web |url=http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/14972/details/sluggan+bridge/ |title=Sluggan Bridge |publisher=rcahms.gov.uk |accessdate=30 December 2014}}{{cite book|last=Lauder|first=T.D.|title=An Account of the Great Floods of August 1829 in the Province of Moray and Adjoining Districts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UWgGAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA167|isbn=978-5-87233-122-3|page=167}} The old bridge was washed away in the floods of 1829, and the present one put up some time after.{{cite book|title=Arch Bridges and Their Builders 1735-1835|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=amQ9AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA21|publisher=Cambridge University Press|page=21|id=GGKEY:FQ9ZF6QS0H8}}

Design

It has a single arch of {{convert|17.8|m}} span, and rises high above the flat ground around it. It is about {{convert|4.3|m}} wide, with metal railings instead of parapets. Despite being more modern than many other stone bridges, Sluggan bridge is of a more old-fashioned construction.

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