Dornoch Firth Bridge

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Dornoch Firth Bridge
Memorial plaque for the opening of the bridge

The Dornoch Firth Bridge , also Dornoch Bridge , is a road bridge over the Scottish inlet of the Dornoch Firth . With a length of 892 m it crosses the Dornoch Firth about two kilometers west of Tain in a north-south direction. The Queen Mother opened the £ 13.5 million  structure in 1991.

The bridge was constructed using incremental launching. 44 m long concrete segments were completed on the south coast and transported to their final position by means of hydraulic rams. At the time of completion, the Dornoch Firth Bridge was the longest bridge that was built using this method. On the bridge, the A9, the most important long-distance road in the Scottish Highlands, crosses the Dornoch Firth with one lane in each direction.

Web links

Commons : Dornoch Bridge  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland

Coordinates: 57 ° 50 ′ 34 "  N , 4 ° 6 ′ 38.5"  W.