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Photos of the Pathfinder Railtours 2023 Spring Highlander tour including off-train options.
The Bridge of Dun, which gave its name to the junction station between the Glasgow to Aberdeen main line and the branch to Brechin, which branch is now preserved as the Caledonian Railway.
The dates of construction of this bridge over the River South Esk are given as work starting on 7 June 1785 and opening to traffic on 27 January 1787, quite surprisingly detailed for the time, when information about similar structures can often be pinned down to nothing closer than a month or so.
Perhaps more unexpected is that a bridge of this size and solidity was provided for nothing more than a most minor road, that even now links very scant habitation, so the two cars and a motorcycle that I saw cross in a 15-20 minutes on a Saturday afternoon may be typical.
This three arch stone bridge in Gothic style even has individual supports for the refuges that traffic levels surely can never have warranted, three columns under each refuge being mounted on the cut-waters.
PF Scottish W:E 11-140423 5043
Photos of the Pathfinder Railtours 2023 Spring Highlander tour including off-train options.
The Bridge of Dun, which gave its name to the junction station between the Glasgow to Aberdeen main line and the branch to Brechin, which branch is now preserved as the Caledonian Railway.
The dates of construction of this bridge over the River South Esk are given as work starting on 7 June 1785 and opening to traffic on 27 January 1787, quite surprisingly detailed for the time, when information about similar structures can often be pinned down to nothing closer than a month or so.
Perhaps more unexpected is that a bridge of this size and solidity was provided for nothing more than a most minor road, that even now links very scant habitation, so the two cars and a motorcycle that I saw cross in a 15-20 minutes on a Saturday afternoon may be typical.
This three arch stone bridge in Gothic style even has individual supports for the refuges that traffic levels surely can never have warranted, three columns under each refuge being mounted on the cut-waters.