The Laxford Bridge is a stone arch bridge in

Sutherland Sutherland ( gd, Cataibh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the Highlands of Scotland. Its county town is Dornoch. Sutherland borders Caithness and Moray Firth to the east, Ross-shire and Cromartyshire (later ...

, Scotland which carries the A838 across the

River Laxford Laxford is a remote area in the far Northwest Highlands of Scotland around the River Laxford which runs northwest from Loch Stack to Laxford Bay. This bay is an inlet of Loch Laxford, a sea loch and Special Area of Conservation. The river is wel ...

north to

Rhiconich Rhiconich is a remote hamlet, located at the head of Loch Inchard, in Sutherland, Scottish Highlands in the Scottish council area of Highland. Rhiconich is situated north-east of Laxford Bridge and south-west of Durness on the A838 road. The B ...

and

Durness Durness ( gd, Diùranais) is a village and civil parish in the north-west Highlands of Scotland. It lies on the north coast of the country in the traditional county of Sutherland, around north of Inverness. The area is remote, and the parish is ...

. The bridge was built about 1834 by the

Dukes of Sutherland Duke of Sutherland is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom which was created by William IV in 1833 for George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Marquess of Stafford. A series of marriages to heiresses by members of the Leveson-Gower family made the ...

– the road from Lairg, one of the "destitution roads" built during the potato famine, not being completed until 1851. The bridge is a category B

listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

. An army transporter crashed on the bridge in 2009 causing so much damage that it had to be closed to traffic. Detours of at least were required (off-road) and the additional distance by road was .

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{{commons category Road bridges in Scotland Listed bridges in Scotland Category B listed buildings in Highland (council area) Bridges completed in 1834 Bridges in Highland (council area) Buildings and structures in Sutherland 1834 establishments in Scotland