Lochinver Bridge
Lochinver Bridge | |||
Location Map ( geo) | |||
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From: | Inchnadamph | ||
To: | Lochinver | ||
Location | |||
Lochinver | |||
County | |||
Sutherland | |||
Highway Authority | |||
Highland | |||
On road(s) | |||
A837 | |||
Crossings related to the A837 | |||
As the A837 enters the small port of Lochinver it has to cross the River Inver. There are two bridges crossing the river, an old stone arch and a new girder bridge set at a skew across the river.
The Old Bridge
Still used by traffic, the old bridge appears to be a late 19th Century single stone arch, spanning the river. It is single track, and now used by traffic heading to Baddidarach, with traffic coming out of the village using the old A837 alignment on the north bank of the river. The road would formerly have doglegged across the bridge, with right angled bends at both ends.
The New Bridge
A full width S2 bridge now carries the A837, complete with pavements on both sides. Due to the constrictions of the landscape, with sharp cliffs and steeply wooded slopes, the bridge has been built at a sharp skew and gradient across the river, landing on the south bank near the southern end of the old bridge. It is again a single span, this time supported by massive steel girders under the concrete deck.
Lochinver Bridge | ||
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