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Latitude: 58.5925 / 58°35'33"N
Longitude: -3.5196 / 3°31'10"W
OS Eastings: 311769
OS Northings: 968170
OS Grid: ND117681
Mapcode National: GBR K6P0.LGR
Mapcode Global: WH5BJ.X967
Plus Code: 9CCRHFVJ+25
Entry Name: Thurso Bridge
Listing Name: Thurso Bridge over River Thurso
Listing Date: 21 February 1975
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 388459
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB42033
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200388459
Location: Thurso
County: Highland
Town: Thurso
Electoral Ward: Thurso and Northwest Caithness
Tagged with: Bridge Road bridge Stone arch bridge
Macbey and Gordon, Engineers, Elgin, 1887 4 arch bridge with
long SE approach causeway with small arch spanning mill lade.
All coursed rubble with tooled ashlar dressings. 4 keystoned
segmental headed ashlar arch rings; triangular cutwaters
rising as canted buttresses terminating in facetted
caps incorporated in tooled ashlar coped balustrade;
string course. 4 pairs cast-iron lamp standards mounted
on alternate buttress caps.
Plaque on parapets records that the bridge was opened on 3rd
May 1887 by Rt Hon Earl of Caithness. Also records names of
engineers. This bridge cost $4,000 and replaced that of
circa 1800 (Robert Tulloch, Master Mason).
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