Road Bridge Carrying A82 over River Oich, Fort Augustus

River Oich; New Bridge Of Oich; New Oich Bridge

Road Bridge Carrying A82 over River Oich, Fort Augustus

Road Bridge Carrying A82 over River Oich, Fort Augustus

Road Bridge Carrying A82 over River Oich, Fort Augustus

Road Bridge Carrying A82 over River Oich, Fort Augustus

Road Bridge Carrying A82 over River Oich, Fort Augustus

Road Bridge Carrying A82 over River Oich, Fort Augustus

Road Bridge Carrying A82 over River Oich, Fort Augustus

Road Bridge Carrying A82 over River Oich, Fort Augustus

Year built :

1934

Designer/builder :

Robert Bruce

Length :

7,6 + 18 + 7,6 m

Current use :

A82

Over :

River Oich

Type :

arch

Material :

reinforced concrete

Grid Reference.:

NH 3788 0927

Comments :

3-span reinforced concrete bridge faced with rubble masonry; tooled ashlar dressings. Wide shallow tooled ashlar arch flanked by smaller arch rings, also with tooled ashlar dressings. Triangular cutwaters rise as buttresses against spandrels; tooled rubble cope to parapet. [HER] It was apparently built as part of a by-pass scheme around Fort Augustus village.

Historic