A new cycle bridge at Castledykes in Dumfries & Galloway has been named in honour of the local inventor of the pedal bike, Kirtpatrick Macmillan. Scottish transport minister, Tavish Scott, cut the ribbon at a ceremony last week on the bridge over the River Nith. Macmillan built the first cycle in 1840 at the Keir Mill smiddy, north of the town, according to the council. Funded by £775,000 of transport grant, the steel bridge forms part of a £2M project backed by EU Objective 2 cash, and includes a link to the national cycle networks of Scotland, at Newton Stewart, and of Northern Ireland, via the Stranraer and Cairnryan ferry terminals. The slender, lightweight structure, designed by Dumfries & Galloway Council engineers, has twin steel arch rings made from 0.5m-diameter hollow sections, and a suspended 3.5m-wide deck.