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New Spey Bridge
Road Bridge (20th Century)
Site Name New Spey Bridge
Classification Road Bridge (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Grantown-on-spey, New Spey Bridge; River Spey
Canmore ID 15698
Site Number NJ02NW 21
NGR NJ 03380 26810
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/15698
- Council Highland
- Parish Cromdale, Inverallan And Advie
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Badenoch And Strathspey
- Former County Morayshire
NJ02NW 21 03380 26810
For Old Spey Bridge (NJ 039 263), see NJ02NW 20.
(Location cited as NJ 033 268). New Spey Bridge, Grantown. Built 1930-1 by engineers Blyth & Blyth. Basically a single segmental concrete arch of 240ft (73.2m) span, with 4 cross-linked ribs. There is a small flood-relief arch on each side. A bold and elegant design.
J R Hume 1977.
This bridge carried the A939 public road across the River Spey, which here forms the boundary between the parishes of Cromdale and Abernethy, to the S of Grantown-on-Spey.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 23 October 1997.
Architect: Blyth & Blyth 1931
Construction (1931)
The second largest reinforced arch in the UK, was designed by Blyth &
Blyth and built by Melville, Dundas and Whitson.
R Paxton and J Shipway, 2007.
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Highlands and Islands' with kind permission from Thomas Telford Publishers.
Publication Account (2007)
The 1930–31 Grantown Bridge [NJ 0335 2680] now carrying the A95 road over the Spey is half a mile northwest of the old military bridge with its three spans of 72 ft, 40 ft, 19 ft and 13 ft wide roadway, which now forms part of the Spey-side Way. The 1931 bridge, shown with its slender 240 ft span reinforced concrete three-pinned arch, then the second largest in the UK, was designed by Blyth & Blyth and built by Melville, Dundas and Whitson at a cost of £32,000.
R Paxton and J Shipway, 2007.
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Highlands and Islands' with kind permission from Thomas Telford Publishers.
