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The
River Ness is crossed by an amazingly diverse collection
of bridges.
Railway Bridge
This bridge is the only rail connection to the north of Scotland.
The original bridge was a series of five stone arches, built in 1862
by the loser in the competition for building the Ness Bridge.
It collapsed during flooding in February 1989. At the time of the
collapse, all the locomotives for the Northern line were in the Inverness
depot. One locomotive was carried on a flatbed truck over the neighbouring
Waterloo Bridge, set on the rails, and resumed partial service. The
current steel bridge was prefabricated and erected in great haste
to restore full rail service to the North.
Waterloo Bridge
In 1808 a wooden bridge, called the Black Bridge due to the staining
of the wooden timbers, was built to be replaced in 1896 by the current
iron bridge - Waterloo Bridge - although still referred to by local
as 'The Black Bridge.
Suspension Bridges
Inverness has four suspension bridges, the largest concentration of
such bridges in Scotland. Read on to find out more... |
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