Monteviot Bridge
Introduction
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Monteviot Bridge
Image: © Jim Barton Taken: 21 May 2010
An impressive suspension bridge over the Teviot built in 1999 to replace an earlier bridge swept away in floods. A plaque on the southern bridge tower acknowledges part funding from the EU. I arrived to see a heron perched on the handrail, but by the time I had the camera raised, he was away.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.512641
Longitude
-2.555142