Wade's Bridge
The bridge in 2022
Coordinates	56°37′17″N 3°52′25″W / 56.6215°N 3.8737°W / 56.6215; -3.8737
Crosses	River Tay
Locale	Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Other name(s)	Tay Bridge
Characteristics
Total length	112 metres (367 ft)
History
Architect	William Adam
Opened	1733; 291 years ago (1733)
Location

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,^[1] to a design by William Adam, it carries the pedestrian and vehicle traffic of Poplar Avenue.^[2] 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.^[3]

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.^[2]

See also

• List of listed buildings in Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross

References

External links

• General Wade's Roads – Historic Environment Scotland
• Aberfeldy Conservation Area Appraisal – Perth and Kinross Council, November 2008

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