Polhollick Bridge

Polhollick bridge is a footbridge crossing the River Dee around 2 miles (3 km) west of Ballater, Aberdeenshire.

[1] The bridge was paid for by Alexander Gordon, a wealthy brewer who had grown up in the area, and replaced an earlier ferry crossing.

It is a suspension bridge with lattice towers, sat on lozenge-shaped abutments, which carry two wire rope cables with ladder-like cross-bar stays.

[2][4] The bridge was badly damaged in 1942 when it was hit by an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley bomber aircraft attempting to land on the Dee to put out an engine fire.

[4][5] In December of that year the bridge was badly damaged by high water and floating debris caused by Storm Frank.