Kessock Bridge
The Kessock Bridge is a road bridge in Scotland . It spans the Beauly Firth between Inverness and North Kessock .
A ferry has operated across the bay at this point since the 15th century and established the connection between Inverness in the south and the Black Isle peninsula in the north. Construction of the Kessock Bridge began in 1976. The architect was the German civil engineer Hellmut Homberg , who modeled the bridge of the Rees-Kalkar Rhine bridge . The 1052 m long cable-stayed bridge was completed in 1982. It has two lanes in each direction of travel. Their main span is 240 m. Homberg's work was honored with an award. The A9, the Highlands' most important trunk road, runs on the Kessock Bridge . In 2007, the Bank of Scotland issued a new series of Scottish pound notes , on the back of which there are important buildings in Scotland. The £ 100 note shows the picture of the Kessock Bridge.
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Individual evidence
- ^ Entry by the North Kessock & District Local History Society
- ↑ K. Stiglat: civil engineers and their work , Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, 2004, pp 189-193. ISBN 3-433-01665-8 .
- ^ Information from the Bank of Scotland
Coordinates: 57 ° 29 ′ 57 ″ N , 4 ° 13 ′ 46 ″ W.