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Kessock Bridge

Kessock Bridge, InvernessThe final support on each approach doesn't look like it carries any weight. In fact it appears as though it might actually be in tension, due to the cables connecting to the roadway above it.
Kessock Bridge at Inverness (Scottland).
Kessock Bridge, InvernessThe four columns are hollow. There is a ladder inside which allows access to the aircraft warning lights at the top.
Kessock Bridge, InvernessThe underside of the Kessock Bridge shows it to be a very rigid structure. Unlike the Infirmary bridge, this one doesn't sway at all.

General Information

Structural Type: Cable-stayed bridge
Function / usage: Road bridge
Completed in: 1982
Status: in use

Geographic Information & Related Structures

Location: Inverness, Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe
Crosses
  • Moray Firth

Technical Information

Dimensions

main span 240 m
width 22.00 m
total length 1 056 m
span lengths 3 x 64.00 m - 72.00 m - 80.00 m - 240.00 m - 80.00 m - 72.00 m - 5 x 64.00 m
number of cables 64
girder depth 3.25 m
pylon pylon height 45.00 m

Materials

piers reinforced concrete
pylons steel

Participants

Main contractor
Stay cable steel supplier

Relevant Web Sites

Relevant Publications

  • Nelson, Gillian Highland Bridges, Aberdeen University Press, Aberdeen (United Kingdom), ISBN 0080377440
  • Roik, Karlheinz & Albrecht, Gert & Weyer, Ulrich Schrägseilbrücken, Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn Verlag für Architektur und technische Wissenschaften GmbH, Berlin (Germany), ISBN 3433009244, 1986; pp. 31

Internal Information

Structure-ID: s0002538
Created: 31/12/2001
Last Updated: 05/03/2013