Broomhill Bridge
Road Bridge (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Broomhill Bridge
Classification Road Bridge (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) River Spey
Canmore ID 15442
Site Number NH92SE 21
NGR NH 99691 22357
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/15442
- Council Highland
- Parish Duthil And Rothiemurchus
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Badenoch And Strathspey
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH92SE 21 99691 22357
Bridge also lies within the parish of Abernethy and Kincardine.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
(Location cited as NH 997 223). Wooden bridge, Broomhill, built 1894 by engineer John Mackenzie. A magnificent 15-span structure with trestle piers. The five spans over the main river channel have triangulated trusses with iron-strap reinforement. The finest wooden bridge surviving in Scotland.
J R Hume 1977.
This bridge carries an unclassified public road across the River Spey, which here forms the boundary between the parishes of Duthil and Rothiemurchus (to the NW) and Abernethy and Kincardine (to the SE).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 July 1997.
