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Publication Account
Date 2007
Event ID 881817
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/881817
This light rod-stayed suspension footbridge was designed and erected in 1824 by John Justice Jnr of Justice & Co., Dundee. It is of light wrought-iron construction with a span of 62 ft and 3 ft 5 in. wide timber deck. There are four 9 16 in. diameter inclined stays on each side extending from the simple H-section portals to the deck. In addition there are two suspension cables on each side extending between the portals at about half height and incorporated into the handrailing. Three back-stays on either side of the towers anchor the system to the rock. The portals are
slightly off-plumb, probably due to foundation settlement.
A bold local effort probably influenced by earlier Scottish suspension bridges, accounts of which had been widely promoted by Robert Stevenson in 1821.
R Paxton and J Shipway 2007b
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Highlands and Islands' with kind permission of Thomas Telford Publishers.
