Higher New Bridge

Higher New Bridge is a road bridge over the River Tamar, with part of it located in Broadwoodwidger parish, Devon. It was built around 1504 and is constructed of ashlar granite with some local rubble stone. The bridge features three slightly pointed arches, each spanning approximately 25 feet, with two cutwaters on each side. There is a fourth smaller arch designed for floodwater. The dressed granite arch rings and impost mouldings are notable features. Putlog holes above the imposts suggest that wooden hatches or sluice gates may have been present in the past.

The roadway is 11 feet wide, and the stone rubble parapets have been partially rebuilt in the 19th and 20th centuries. The cutwaters extend upwards to form refuges, and there are stone rubble buttresses from the 20th century on the west bank. In 1504, Bishop Oldham granted a 40-day indulgence to anyone who contributed to the construction of the 'Pons Novus de - juxta Launceston'. The bridge was described by John Leland in 1539, who noted that it was built and maintained by the Abbots of Tavistock.