Abbey Bridge, Haddington

Abbey Bridge in Haddington is an early 16th-century structure that underwent repairs in 1870. It is a substantial bridge spanning the River Tyne, featuring three pointed, drop-centred arches, including a dry arch on each bank. The total span of the bridge is 131 feet (40.0 meters) and it has a width of 16 feet (4.9 meters). The bridge is constructed from squared, regularly coursed sandstone, although the eastern parapet is less regular, likely due to later repairs.

The piers of the bridge include battered cut-water buttresses. The soffits were originally designed with five ribs and chamfered edges, but this detail is now only fully visible on the central span. The parapet features dressed gabled coping and connects at both ends to random rubble walls that have weep holes. These walls are supported by three rubble buttresses on the northwest side. On the western elevation, there is a bracketed corbel that projects slightly below the parapet, which may suggest a later widening of the road.

An inscription over the southern arch on the eastern side is indecipherable, while the date of 1870 on the western parapet coping indicates the time of the repairs.