Strachan Bridge carries the B974 across the Water of Feugh immediately to the south of the small village of Strachan. It is a substantial modern single span girder bridge which carries a two-way road between pavements and metal railings as parapets. The construction of the bridge removed a series of bends on the B974 as it crossed the old bridge which sat a short distance upstream.
Old Bridge
Little remains of the old Strachan Bridge, which consisted of three spans to cross the river. Massive stone piers and abutments sat in the river and on the banks, supporting a timber superstructure with angled braces below the decks. These braces rested on ledges in the stonework, and supported the timber deck which, as far as can be ascertained, carried a single lane of traffic. The bridge was topped with metal railings as parapets. The precise age of the structure is uncertain, with a date of 1875 and early 20th Century quoted in the same record. It is, of course, likely that the timber needed renewing on a fairly regular basis. Today all that remains are the foundations of the stonework in the river, the upper portions of the bridge having been removed or washed out since the new bridge was built.
