Kyle of Tongue Bridge explained

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Locale:	Sutherland, Scotland
Builder:	Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners
Length:	183 metres (600 ft)
Crosses:	Kyle of Tongue
Spans:	18
Carries:	Road traffic on the A838
Replaces:	A passenger ferry service that ran until 1956

The Kyle of Tongue Bridge is part of the Kyle of Tongue Causeway, which crosses Kyle of Tongue sea loch on the north coast of Scotland.

The bridge and causeway were built by Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners in 1971 to carry the A838, the road from Thurso to Durness, across the loch.^{[1] [2]} Until 1956 there had been a passenger ferry but the route around the head of the loch involved a narrow road some 10miles long.^[3] The causeway is long and it crosses a natural island, Tongue Island (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Thunga).^[4] The 183adj=midNaNadj=mid bridge is at the western end of the causeway and it has eighteen spans supported by twin piers.^{[5] [6]} The bridge was fully refurbished in 2011.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kyle of Tongue Bridge and Causeway. Canmore. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. 1 February 2014.
2. News: Tongue Bridge to open in August. 1 February 2014. Glasgow Herald. 26 March 1971.
3. Web site: Tongue. Discover Sutherland. 1 February 2014.
4. Web site: Kyle of Tongue Bridge. Historic Environmental record. Highland Council. 1 February 2014.
5. Web site: Kyle of Tongue Causeway. Gazetteer for Scotland. Gazetteer for Scotland. 1 February 2014.
6. Web site: Kyle of Tongue Causeway. SABRE. 1 February 2014.
7. Web site: Kyle of Tongue Bridge. Concrete Repairs Limited. 1 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140203214236/http://www.concrete-repairs.co.uk/kyle-of-tongue.php. 3 February 2014. dead.