Ballachulish Bridge
Ballachulish Bridge | |
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Ballachulish Bridge | |
Coordinates | 56°41′19.87″N 05°10′55.35″W / 56.6888528°N 5.1820417°W |
Carries | A82 trunk road |
Crosses | Loch Leven and Loch Linnhe |
Locale | Ballachulish in Scotland |
Characteristics | |
Design | Steel truss with fabricated box chords |
History | |
Constructed by | Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company |
Construction end | 1974 |
Opened | December 1975 |
Statistics | |
Toll | No |
The Ballachulish Bridge is a bridge in the west highlands of Scotland.
It crosses the narrows between Loch Leven and Loch Linnhe, linking the villages of South Ballachulish (Argyll) and North Ballachulish (Inverness-shire). It carries the A82 road, the main route between Glasgow and Inverness.
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.
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