Bonar Bridge, Old Bridge
Road Bridge (19th Century)
Site Name Bonar Bridge, Old Bridge
Classification Road Bridge (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Bonar Bridge; Kyle Of Sutherland
Canmore ID 90969
Site Number NH69SW 62.01
NGR NH 6091 9154
NGR Description NH c. 6091 9154
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Creich (Sutherland)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NH69SW 62.01 c. 6091 9154
Location formerly entered as NH c. 6090 9155.
For (predecessor) Telford bridge, see NH69SW 61.
For (successor and present) New Bridge, see NH69SW 62.00.
Reference from architecture catalogue slip;
Architect:- Thos. Telford (1803-21) Destroyed 1892 [refers to NH69SW 61]
Sir William Arrol 1893 (present bridge)
(Undated) information in NMRS.
This bridge was designed by Crouch and Hogg, and built by Arrol following the collapse (in January 1892) of the Telford bridge (NH69SW 61). It was built on a gradient of 1 in 50, and comprised three iron girder spans of 70, 150 and 140ft (21.3, 45.7 and 42.7m, respectively). It was replaced by the present structure (NH69SW 62.00) in 1973.
G Nelson 1990.
This bridge formerly carried the A9 (T) public road over the Kyle of Sutherland, which here forms the boundary between the parishes of Kincardine (to the SW) and Creich (to the NE). It apparently followed the same line as the present bridge (NH69SW 62.00).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 10 May 2006.
Publication Account (2007)
Bonar Bridge
The second bridge on this site , erected after the first had been destroyed in a flood in January 1892, comprised three bowstring steel girders spanning 70 ft, 105 ft and 140 ft. It was designed by Crouch & Hogg, contractor Sir William Arrol & Co. The bridge was built in 10 1/2 months, including sinking the caissons for the two river piers and constructing coffer-dams for the abutments, and opened in July 1893.
In 1973 this bridge, which had become corroded at its springings, was replaced in 21 months by the present segmental steel tied arch [bridge]
The contract sum was £13 584.
R Paxton and J Shipway, 2007.
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Highlands and Islands' with kind permission from Thomas Telford Publishers.
