{{Short description|Bridge at Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross, Scotland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Use British English|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox bridge | name = Wade's Bridge | native_name = | image = Wade's Bridge Aberfeldy.jpg | alt = | caption = Bridge in 2022 | coordinates = {{Coord|56.6215|-3.8737|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}} | os_grid_reference = | carries = {{UK road|B846}} | crosses = River Tay | locale = Perth and Kinross | other_name = Tay Bridge | named_for = | owner = | maint = | website = | preceded = | followed = | design = | material = | length = {{Convert|112|m|0}} | width = | height = | mainspan = | number_spans = | designer = William Adam | built = | begin = | complete = | cost = | opened = {{Start date and age|1733}} | inaugurated = | rebuilt = | collapsed = | destroyed = | closed = | demolished = | replaces = | replaced_by = | extra = {{Infobox designation list | embed = yes | designation1 = Category A Listed Building | designation1_offname = Tay Bridge | designation1_date = 4 October 1971 | designation1_number = {{Historic Environment Scotland|num=LB20861|short=yes}} }} }}
'''Wade's Bridge''' (originally known as '''Tay Bridge''') is five-arch bridge crossing the River Tay at Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. A Category A listed structure built in 1733,<ref name=og>[https://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst140.html ''Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland''], Francis Hindes Groome (1901)</ref> to a design by William Adam, it carries the pedestrian and vehicle traffic of Poplar Avenue.<Ref name=hes>[https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB20861 Tay Bridge] – Historic Environment Scotland</ref> Erected for the Board of Ordnance, to the order of Lieutenant General George Wade, its original purpose was as a military road linking the garrisons at Ruthven, Fort George, Fort Augustus and Fort William.<ref>{{cite book|last=Mackenzie|first=Sir Kenneth|title=Paper entitled General Wade & his Roads|publisher=Inverness Scientific Society|date=13 April 1897}}</ref>
The stone was quarried, cut and tooled at nearby Bolfracks. In 1932, two tablets with copies of Wade's original inscriptions were let into the stonework of two obelisk plinths; one in English and one in Latin. These state that the bridge was begun in April 1733 and finished by January; however, this is not strictly true, as General Wade stopped work for the winter, leaving the bridge without parapets over the side arches. These were added the following year.<ref name=hes/>
==See also== *List of listed buildings in Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross *List of bridges in Scotland
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==External links== *{{Commons category-inline}} *[https://blog.historicenvironment.scot/2020/02/general-wades-roads/ General Wade's Roads] – Historic Environment Scotland *[https://www.pkc.gov.uk/media/32812/Aberfeldy-CA-Appraisal/pdf/Aberfeldy_Conservation_Area_Appraisal_-_2008.pdf?m=636491892672130000 ''Aberfeldy Conservation Area Appraisal''] – Perth and Kinross Council, November 2008
Category:Category A listed buildings in Perth and Kinross Category:Listed buildings in Aberfeldy Category:Category A listed bridges Category:Bridges across the River Tay Category:Bridges in Perth and Kinross Category:Arch bridges in Scotland Category:Stone bridges in Scotland Category:Road bridges in Scotland Category:Bridges completed in 1733 Category:1733 establishments in Scotland
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