Aultnaslanach Viaduct

Aultnaslanach Moy Viaduct; Allt Na Slanaich Burn; Aultnaslanash; Dalriach Burn; Allt Creag Bheithen; Allt Creag Bheithin

1897
Murdoch Paterson
45 m
railway
Dalriach Burn
truss
wood
NH 7601 3494
Comments :
It is a wooden truss bridge which takes the single track railway over the burn in a boggy stretch of land. It is 147 feet long and has five spans of 8 yard width. Each is composed of four ribs built to form an octagon, although the two end ones are half-buried in the embankments and so their shape cannot be completely seen. The ends of the large horizontal beams are rounded off. Metal plates and bolts enhance the looks of the bridge, seeming to underline its power and durability. Paterson built a timber structure here because the ground would not permit the erection of stone piers. [1]
HER
Historic