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The bridge was constructed in 1926, replacing a Victorian bridge built in 1868, and provides a direct route west out of Kirkcudbright.

The Kirkcudbright Bridge is shut to vehicles until further notice, leaving drivers in one residential area cut off from the rest of the Dumfries and Galloway town.

Their work, and the transatlantic links it forged, are being celebrated in an exhibition at Kirkcudbright Galleries.

A closing date has been set for noon on Tuesday for potential bidders for Barlocco - which sits in Fleet Bay near Kirkcudbright.

"As Albert Camus said: 'Freedom is nothing but a chance to do better'," said Steve Norris, convener of the SNP's Kirkcudbright and District branch in the south west of Scotland.