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Brae Doune, Suspension Bridge View from NNW showing WNW front
SC 2171876
Description Brae Doune, Suspension Bridge View from NNW showing WNW front
Date 23/8/1976
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 2171876
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Suspension footbridge, Brae Doune, Sutherland This is a very long (97m span) wire rope suspension footbridge over the river Oykel. It is the longest bridge of its type in Scotland. This view shows the bridge from the north east, with its steel truss pylons and light wooden deck with wire mesh railings. Note the poles projecting from the sides of the abutments to provide anchors for wire ropes bracing the deck sideways. This type of bridge with unstiffened deck could be made with longer spans, as here, than the stiffened-deck type introduced in the 1880s, but it was only suited for light traffic, as in this case where the bridge was built for sport fishermen. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H76/256/14
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/2171876
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