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Kylesku Bridge - 16 May 2016
The Kylesku Bridge is a distinctively curved concrete box girder bridge in north-west Scotland that crosses the Loch a' Chàirn Bhàin in Sutherland.
Construction of the bridge began in August 1982, with Morrison Construction and Lehane Mackenzie and Shand the chief contractors. It was constructed by building out the supporting legs and then lifting into place the central span, which had been constructed on land and then moved onto a barge by rail and weighed 640 tonnes.
The cost of the bridge was £4 million and opened to traffic in July 1984, and was formally opened by the Queen on 8 August 1984. The bridge crosses water which is approximately 120 metres (390 ft) wide and up to 25 metres (82 ft) deep, leading to fast tidal currents. It replaced the ferry between Kylesku and Kylestrome, which was 400 metres to the east.
Kylesku Bridge - 16 May 2016
The Kylesku Bridge is a distinctively curved concrete box girder bridge in north-west Scotland that crosses the Loch a' Chàirn Bhàin in Sutherland.
Construction of the bridge began in August 1982, with Morrison Construction and Lehane Mackenzie and Shand the chief contractors. It was constructed by building out the supporting legs and then lifting into place the central span, which had been constructed on land and then moved onto a barge by rail and weighed 640 tonnes.
The cost of the bridge was £4 million and opened to traffic in July 1984, and was formally opened by the Queen on 8 August 1984. The bridge crosses water which is approximately 120 metres (390 ft) wide and up to 25 metres (82 ft) deep, leading to fast tidal currents. It replaced the ferry between Kylesku and Kylestrome, which was 400 metres to the east.