Bridge Name: | Ballachulish Bridge |
Locale: | Ballachulish in Scotland |
Carries: | A82 trunk road |
Crosses: | Loch Leven and Loch Linnhe |
Complete: | 1974 |
Open: | December 1975 |
Design: | Steel truss with fabricated box chords |
Toll: | No |
Length: | 964feet |
Builder: | Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company |
Coordinates: | 56.6889°N -5.182°W |
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]