Carron Bridge (Carron)
Coordinates: 57 ° 27 ′ 15 " N , 3 ° 17 ′ 38" W.
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| use | Road bridge | |
| Convicted | lower street | |
| Subjugated | Spey | |
| place | Carron | |
| construction | Steel arch bridge | |
| Number of openings | 3 | |
| Clear width | 45.7-7.6 m | |
| Clear height | 6.1 m | |
| start of building | 1862 | |
| opening | 1863 | |
| planner | Alexander Gibb | |
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The Carron Bridge is a road and former railway bridge in the Scottish village of Carron in the Council Area Moray . In 1987 the structure was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.
history
The bridge was built as a Spey crossing of the Strathspey Railway . After construction began in 1862, it was completed the following year. The design in the style of the Telford bridges came from the engineer Alexander Gibb , who works for the Great North of Scotland Railway . The production resulted in Aberdeen based foundry William McKinnon and Co from. The bridge initially led the single-track Strathspey Railway and a road between Carron and Aberlour over the Spey. After the railway line was closed in 1968, the tracks were removed and the Carron Bridge was henceforth used exclusively as a road bridge. Since then, the road has had two lanes.
In 1993 the proposal was made to rebuild the Carron Bridge as a steel bridge. This was prevented by Historic Scotland and the Carron Bridge was restored instead. It is considered to be the last cast iron railway bridge built in Scotland .
description
The cast iron viaduct crosses the Spey on the eastern edge of Carron. The arch bridge is comprised of a 45.7 meter wide segmentbogigen main arch and two smaller foreshore sheets whose internal diameters amount to 7.6 meters. The clear height of the main arch is 6.1 meters. It consists of seven separately cast segments that are screwed together with bolts. The arch gussets are designed as a diagonal framework. The abutments made of embossed stone blocks are designed with triangular flow dividers. These are continued over the low parapets.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ a b c Entry on Carron Bridge in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
Web links
- Entry on Carron Bridge in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database