Broomhill Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 57°16′51″N3°39′56″W / 57.280754°N 3.665426°W |
| Carries | Unclassified public road (Station Road) |
| Crosses | River Spey |
| Characteristics | |
| Material | Wooden |
| No. of spans | 15 |
| History | |
| Engineering design by | John Mackenzie |
| Constructed by | Charles Mackay |
| Construction end | 1894 |
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The Broomhill Bridge is a wooden bridge over the River Spey.
It was built by engineer John Mackenzie and contractor Charles Mackay, to replace a bridge that had been washed away. [1] [2]
A plaque on the bridge states that the bridge was erected by the "Third, or Badenoch, District Committee of the Inverness-shire County Council," and that the last nail was driven by the Countess Dowager of Seafield on 27 November 1894. [3]
The bridge had to be partially rebuilt in 1987, when some trusses were replaced. [2] [4] The Broomhill Bridge is of the same design as a bridge opened in 1899 at Boat of Garten, but this bridge has since been replaced. [5]
The bridge has 15 wooden spans supported by trestle piers, and the five spans in the main river channel have triangular reinforcing trusses. [6] Each trestle consists of five posts, one vertical and two to each side of it at an angle. [2] Up to half-way up the pier it is reinforced by solid horizontal planking, and above that by diagonal beams on each side of the pier. [2] The five beams which support the roadway sit on a round-ended beam on top of each pier. [2] The abutments are granite, [1] and the piers have metal plates on their upstream faces to protect against debris.
It carries an unclassified public road known as Station Road. [7]
