Archaeology Notes

Event ID 764794

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/764794

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Between 1880 and 1900 this line was converted to double-track between Dyce and Keith, a new bridge being built alongside the old one. This later structure comprised two lattice girder spans, each of which measured 212 ft 6 ins (64.8m) in length and 25 ft (7.6m) in breadth. The original bridge was not demolished until 1978. The new bridge was reduced to single track in 1970 but remains in use.

M Smith 1994.

These bridges carry (new, west, bridge) or have carried (old, east, bridge) the Aberdeen-Inverness (main) line of the former Great North of Scotland Rly. across the River Deveron, which here forms the boundary between the parishes of Huntly and Cairnie, both in Aberdeenshire.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 11 June 1996.