Bridges of Scotland

**Redshank** · 16th January 12, 12:30 PM

for Thistledown, the Clachan Bridge aka The Bridge Over The Atlantic, and for those that don't know it, the bridge connects the mainland of Scotland to the Isle of Seil, it's one lane is only as wide as a vehicle, I am not so keen on this bridge, but will admit that I haven't explored all angles of it, and yes, I know it's more photogenic than my photo would suggest

Although not spectacular in design, and very lacking in style, I think the scenery matches this rough, rugged and ready bridge located in Glen Scammadale

**creagdhubh** · 16th January 12, 12:32 PM

Beautiful, Chris!

**Bugbear** · 17th January 12, 03:30 PM

Thank you all, this has been an interesting thread, and thank you for the bridge names and descriptions, as well.

**chrisupyonder** · 18th January 12, 12:31 AM

Thurso Bridge at night.

Built by Macbey and Gordon, Engineers, 1887.

Picture from Caithness.org

Chris.

**Paul Henry** · 18th January 12, 01:51 AM

Originally Posted by Father Bill

Marvellous idea! Here are two of my favourites - extremely different. Anybody recognize them?

Originally Posted by ThistleDown

Two more: the eary 18C packhorse bridge over the Dulnain

snap! but it is a lovely bridge

**Rob, ClanMacMillan, NM** · 18th January 12, 12:47 PM

Originally Posted by Bugbear

I was just reading a little bit about "Forth Bridge" in Scotland; very interesting.

So here's a picture of the "road" bridge...

I especially like this one because my very first experience with driving in Scotland involved
crossing this bridge,
at rush hour,
from the (ahem) wrong side of the car,
shifting with my left hand,
driving on the "other" side of the road
-- with the fog and everything.

Most incredible and a favored memory...

Rob

**SeumasA** · 18th January 12, 06:00 PM

Originally Posted by Rob, ClanMacMillan, NM

.....shifting with my left hand...

For me, that was the hardest thing to get used to. Driving on the 'wrong' side of the road wasn't a problem at all.

**saxandpipes** · 22nd January 12, 04:12 AM

Here's my contribution:

Cheers!

Michael

**madmacs** · 22nd January 12, 05:54 AM

Originally Posted by Rob, ClanMacMillan, NM

...from the (ahem) wrong side of the car,
shifting with my left hand,
driving on the "other" side of the road

I had that problem the first time I drive in the US too... except I also had to contend with an automatic for the first time... The number of times I went to wind down the window when I felt I needed to change gears...

**chrisupyonder** · 24th January 12, 11:23 PM

The Tay Road Bridge. Photo taken while we were on holiday Aug 2011.

2250 metres in length, the Tay Road Bridge spans the estuary of the River Tay between Dundee and Newport on Tay. The bridge was designed by William A Fairhurst and was opened to traffic on 18th August 1966 having taken 4 years to build.

Chris.