Kessock Bridge

Prior to August 1982, travellers north of Inverness had the choice of the Kessock Ferry or a 20 mi journey via Beauly. Cleveland Bridge were awarded the £17.5million contract in 1975 (). Construction on the bridge began in 1978, with completion and opening in 1982. It won the combined design and construction Saltire Society 1982 Civil Engineering Award in 1983. Transport Scotland estimated in 2012 that 30,000 vehicles per day were using the bridge. The bridge's northbound carriageway was resurfaced between February and June 2013, followed by the southbound carriageway between February and June 2014. Both programmes of work were performed by Stirling Lloyd Construction Limited using their…

The Kessock Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge across the Beauly Firth, an inlet of the Moray Firth, between the village of North Kessock and the city of Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. The bridge has a total length of 1056 m with a main span of 240 m. Designed by German engineer and built by Cleveland Bridge, it is similar to a bridge across the Rhine between Rees and Kalkar. The Beauly Firth is a navigable waterway and hence the bridge is raised high over sea level. The four bridge towers dominate the Inverness skyline, especially at night when they are lit. The bridge carries the A9 trunk road north from Inverness to the Black Isle. It is the southernmost of the "Three Firths"…