Canongate Bridge

Canongate Bridge Packhorse Bridge
View of the bridge looking downstream
Coordinates	55°28′41″N 2°33′04″W / 55.477944°N 2.5511°W / 55.477944; -2.5511Coordinates: 55°28′41″N 2°33′04″W / 55.477944°N 2.5511°W / 55.477944; -2.5511
Carries	Pedestrian traffic
Crosses	Jed Water
Locale	Jedburgh
Characteristics
Material	Sandstone
Width	3 m (9.8 ft)
No. of spans	3
Piers in water	2
Listed Building – Category A
Reference no.	LB35471
Scheduled monument
Designated	16 March 1971

The Canongate Bridge is a pedestrian bridge in the Scottish Borders town of Jedburgh. In 1971, the bridge that was built as the town's main bridge in the 16th century, was added to the Scottish monuments in the top category.

Description

The Canongate Bridge is a 16th-century stone arch bridge that crosses Jed Water in the centre of Jedburgh. The viaduct is built of cream-coloured sandstone and it spans the river with three arches, one of which normally runs over land. The passageway is up to three meters wide.^[1] The Canongate Bridge was built as a road bridge and it has refuges where pedestrians can stand safely whilst heavy traffic passed. The bridge was the main access into the town but it has been closed to motorised traffic for some years.

The bridge is now within the town's conservation area and many of the surrounding buildings are listed. At one one end is Duck Row and the Piper's House and at the other the houses of Bridge End.

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