BRIDGE OVER TWEED.
OPENING BY THE PRINCE. OLD BORDER FEUDS RECALLED. LONDON. May 19. When the Prince of Wales opened the Royal Tweed Bridge at Berwick, he said: "I hope everyone who uses this bridge, whether southward bound or northward bound, will have a prosperous journey." The Prince said the erection of bridges over the Tweed had become almost a necessary habit, but good Englishmen and good Scotsmen were equally to blame for burning them down in the olden, turbulent border days. The old bridge, which had endured since James I. was King of England and Scotland, would remain, but the vast increase of motor traffic necessitated a newer and bigger link between the two countries. The bridge cost £160,000. It is the longest highway bridge in the kingdom.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19957, 28 May 1928, Page 10
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