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Latitude: 55.8294 / 55°49'45"N
Longitude: -4.101 / 4°6'3"W
OS Eastings: 268496
OS Northings: 661566
OS Grid: NS684615
Mapcode National: GBR 3Y.5QWB
Mapcode Global: WH4QG.ZRB0
Plus Code: 9C7QRVHX+PJ
Entry Name: Haughhead Bridge
Listing Name: Uddingston, Blantyre Farm Road, Haughhead Bridge
Listing Date: 30 March 1998
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 391895
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB45092
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Red Brig
ID on this website: 200391895
Location: Bothwell
County: South Lanarkshire
Electoral Ward: Thorniewood
Parish: Bothwell
Traditional County: Lanarkshire
Tagged with: Road bridge
1840 with later repairs to parapet. 4 segmental red sandstone ashlar arches (some re-pointing to piers) with ashlar voussoirs, soffits and abutments; string course below plain ashlar coped parapet; band course to shallow, chamfered triangular-plan cutwaters; raised vertical rectangular panels above cutwaters, dividing arches, continued to parapet. Low curved and coped red sandstone ashlar approach walls. No pedestrian walkways.
Haughhead Bridge takes Blantyre Farm Road over the river Clyde and connects Uddingston with Blantyre Parish. Originally called the Red Brig due to the rich red sandstone from which it was constructed, it provided a better crossing than the hazardous ford previously at this site. Nearby, on the east bank, lies a small tollhouse, contemporary with the bridge (see separate list description).
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