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Ballachulish Bridge
Ballachulish Bridge
Coordinates 56°41′19.87″N 05°10′55.35″W / 56.6888528°N 5.1820417°W / 56.6888528; -5.1820417
Carries A82 trunk road
Crosses Loch Leven and Loch Linnhe
Locale Ballachulish in Scotland
Characteristics
DesignSteel truss with fabricated box chords
Total length964 feet (294 m)
History
Constructed by Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company
Construction end1974
OpenedDecember 1975
Statistics
TollNo
Location
Ballachulish Bridge

The Ballachulish Bridge is a bridge in the West Highlands of Scotland.

It crosses the narrows (Caolas Mhic Phadruig - Patrick's Narrows) between Loch Leven and Loch Linnhe, linking the villages of South Ballachulish (Argyll) and North Ballachulish (Inverness-shire). It carries the A82 road, which runs from Glasgow to Inverness. Butts

The bridge was built by the Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company [1] and opened in 1975, [2] replacing the Ballachulish ferry. It is a two-lane road bridge of through steel truss construction with fabricated box chords. It was designed by W.A. Fairhurst and Partners of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is 964 feet long. [3]

References

  1. ^ The Economist - Volume 259 - Page 27. 1976
  2. ^ Scotland. Chris Townsend. Cicerone Press Limited, 2011
  3. ^ "Ballachulish Bridge". Canmore. Retrieved 18 September 2021.