Victoria Bridge is the early 20th century lattice girder bridge over the River Dee at

Mar Lodge Mar Lodge is a sporting lodge to the west of Braemar and the principal building on the Mar Lodge Estate in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It was built in 1895, replacing an earlier building, by Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife. Location Mar Lodge i ...

Mar Lodge Estate Mar Lodge Estate is a highland estate in western Aberdeenshire, Scotland, which has been owned and managed by the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) since 1995. Its principal building, Mar Lodge, is about west of the village of Braemar. The estat ...

, Aberdeenshire,

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a Anglo-Scottish border, border with England to the southeast ...

. This bridge, built in 1905 and replaced an earlier wooden bridge, built in 1848 by the Duke of Leeds during his tenancy of the estate. The archway at the south end of the bridge bears '1848 Queen Victoria 1848' on the south side and '1905 Edward VII 1905' commemorating the construction of both bridges and the reigning monarch at the time.

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Built in 1905, Victoria Bridge is classed as a Category B structure. Victoria Bridge crosses the River Dee linking the drive to

with the public road between Braemar and

Linn of Dee The River Dee ( gd, Uisge Dhè) is a river in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It rises in the Cairngorms and flows through southern Aberdeenshire to reach the North Sea at Aberdeen. The area it passes through is known as Deeside, or Royal Deeside in ...

. At the public road end there is a gate and a

gate house A gatehouse is a type of building that stands at the gateway to a town, country estate, park, castle, or other fortification of importance. Gatehouse or Gate House may also refer to: Buildings * Gatehouse (waterworks), a building housing water ...

that was occupied by a

Gatekeeper A gatekeeper is a person who controls access to something, for example via a city gate or bouncer, or more abstractly, controls who is granted access to a category or status. Gatekeepers assess who is "in or out", in the classic words of manage ...

when Mar Lodge Estate was owned by the Duffs.

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Victoria Bridge (1995).jpg, Victoria Bridge Victoria Bridge, Braemar 04.JPG, Victoria Bridge Victoria Bridge, Braemar 2.JPG, Victoria Bridge, view from the Gate House Victoria Bridge, Braemar 1.JPG, Victoria Bridge, view towards the Gate House

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Buildings and structures on Mar Lodge Estate Places and place names on Mar Lodge Estate Listed bridges in Scotland Category B listed buildings in Aberdeenshire Road bridges in Scotland Bridges in Aberdeenshire Bridges across the River Dee, Aberdeenshire {{UK-bridge-struct-stub

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