Wellington Suspension Bridge
The Wellington Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge crossing the River Dee from Ferryhill to Craiglug in Aberdeen, north east Scotland. Designed by Captain Samuel Brown and the Aberdeen City Architect John Smith, it was opened to pedestrians in November 1830 and to traffic in May 1831.Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Bridge
- Description: suspension bridge in Aberdeen, Scotland
- Also known as: “Chain Bridge”, “Craiglug Bridge”, “Wellington Bridge”, and “Wellington Suspension Bridge, Aberdeen”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Aberdeen railway station and Duthie Park.
Aberdeen railway station
Railway station
Photo: King Bilbo I, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aberdeen railway station is the main railway station in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is the busiest railway station in Scotland north of the major cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow. Aberdeen railway station is situated 2,600 feet north of Wellington Suspension Bridge.
Duthie Park
Park
Photo: PMJ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Duthie Park is a public park in the Ferryhill area of Aberdeen, Scotland located near the River Dee. It comprises 44 acres of land given to the council in 1881 by Elizabeth Crombie Duthie of Ruthrieston, in memory of her uncle and of her brother. Duthie Park is situated 2,300 feet southwest of Wellington Suspension Bridge.
Ferryhill Railway Viaduct
Bridge
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Ferryhill Railway Viaduct is a railway bridge crossing the River Dee in Aberdeen, Scotland. Construction started in 1848 and opened to railway traffic in 1850 to service the Ferryhill railway station. Ferryhill Railway Viaduct is situated 1,800 feet south of Wellington Suspension Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ferryhill and Torry.
Ferryhill
Suburb
Photo: Ragazzi00, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ferryhill is a district in Aberdeen, on the north-east coast of Scotland, United Kingdom. Duthie Park is located in the area.
Torry
Suburb
Torry is a suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, lying on the south bank of the River Dee. It was historically part of the county of Kincardineshire and was absorbed into the city of Aberdeen in 1891.
Tullos
Quarter
Photo: Richard Slessor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tullos is an area of Aberdeen, Scotland. The area takes its name from the Vale of Tullos, which lies between Tullos Hill and Torry Hill. Tullos derived its name from a corruption of the Gaelic ‘Tulach’ meaning a hill.
Wellington Suspension Bridge
- Categories: suspension bridge, footbridge, and transportation
- Location: Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.13558° or 57° 8′ 8″ northLongitude
-2.09559° or 2° 5′ 44″ westOpen location code
9C9V4WP3+6QOpenStreetMap ID
way 570396357OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q15240687
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In Other Languages
“Wellington Suspension Bridge” goes by many names.
- French: “Chain Bridge”
- French: “Craiglug Bridge”
- French: “pont de Craiglug”
- French: “pont Wellington”
- French: “Pont Wellington”
- French: “Wellington Bridge”
- French: “Wellington Suspension Bridge”
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