Tummel Bridge is a double arched hump-backed former military bridge crossing the

River Tummel The River Tummel ( gd, Uisge Theimheil) is a river in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Water from the Tummel is used in the Tummel hydro-electric power scheme, operated by SSE. As a tributary of the River Tay, the Tummel is included as part of th ...

near

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, Scotland. A

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structure dating to 1730, it is now pedestrian-only. It stands immediately to the southeast of a modern road bridge, which carries the vehicular traffic of today's B846 road. Two worn

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s are at the northern end of the bridge. Erected for the

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, to the order of

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George Wade Field Marshal George Wade (1673 – 14 March 1748) was a British Army officer who served in the Nine Years' War, War of the Spanish Succession, Jacobite rising of 1715 and War of the Quadruple Alliance before leading the construction of bar ...

, its original purpose was as a

military road {{Use dmy dates, date=November 2019 The following is a list of military roads worldwide. Australia * Part of the A8 (Sydney) between Neutral Bay and Mosman * Military Road, part of Route 39, Melbourne * Military Road, off Wanneroo Road just nort ...

. The Irvine Robertson papers at the National Records of Scotland contain, at GD1/53/97, the construction contract with John Stewart of Canagan Kynachan for building the bridge, and the receipt by John Stewart for £50, in respect of above contract, 27 July 1730, and the bond by him and David Stewart, his eldest son, to maintain the bridge, 20 October 1730: The bridge was renovated in 1973, and underwent conservation work in 2011.

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File:General Wade's graceful Tummel Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 1437959.jpg, Bridge detail. The plaque denoting the bridge's year of completion is also in view File:Joseph Mallord William Turner - Tummel Bridge, Perthshire - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Tummel Bridge'' painting by

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, 1802

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Category A listed buildings in Perth and Kinross Listed bridges in Scotland Bridges in Perth and Kinross Bridges completed in 1730 1730 establishments in Scotland {{UK-bridge-struct-stub

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