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Evanton, Balconie Street, North Bridge
Road Bridge (18th Century)
Site Name Evanton, Balconie Street, North Bridge
Classification Road Bridge (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Allt Graad; Station Road; Culcairn Bridge; Altgran Bridge
Canmore ID 277867
Site Number NH66NW 62
NGR NH 60845 66348
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/277867
- Council Highland
- Parish Kiltearn
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH66NW 62 60845 66348
For corresponding road bridge (Evanton Bridge) at the SW end of Evanton village, see NH66NW 58.
For corresponding railway bridge over the Allt Graad, see NH66NW 63.
For successor and present road bridge over the Allt Graad, see NH66NW 60.
This short bridge carries Balconie Street over the Allt Graad at the NE end of Evanton village (NH66NW 38). Balconie Street forms the former line of the A9(T) public road.
The location assigned to this record defines the centre of the span.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 28 December 2005.
Construction (1777)
Built circa 1777. Designed by John Smeaton.
R Paxton and J Shipway, 2007.
Publication Account (2007)
Evanton or Culcairn Bridge
(Institute Civil Engineers Historic Engineering Works no. HEW 2548)
This bridge, probably the most northerly one designed by Smeaton, which he called Altgran, after the river it crossed (now called Glass), [is mentioned] in a report of 1772. His other Scottish bridge projects, not all of which were implemented, were at Glasgow, Coldstream, Perth, Dumbarton, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Braan, Dumballoch, Banff and Montrose.
This bridge, replacing a decayed timber one, comprised a segmental masonry arch of 50 ft span, 16 ft wide overall and was erected in ca.1777. Because of later widening to both faces the neat original squared masonry of Smeaton’s bridge, with its chamfered springer course 14 in. deep and stone invert, can now only be seen from underneath at low water (see view on page 208).
R Paxton and J Shipway, 2007.
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Highlands and Islands' with kind permission from Thomas Telford Publishers.
