Old Spey Bridge

Records show that a ferry, known as the boat of bog, crossed the Spey at or around this location since at least the mid-thirteenth century. between 1801 and 1806; The bridge lost its two western arches in a major flooding event, known as the Muckle Spate, in 1829, The 5th Duke of Gordon commissioned Archibald Simpson to repair the structure between 1831 and 1832; this was done with single span supported by a timber arch. In 1853 the timber arch was reconstructed in cast iron by James Hoby & Co. A road deck was built by James Abernethy & Co in 1912. The carriage was widened in the 1960s, when it carried the A96 between Aberdeen and Inverness, but was bypassed around 1970 by a new steel and…

The Old Spey Bridge crosses the River Spey at Fochabers, between the parishes of Bellie and Speymouth. The present structure has three spans, all supported by segmental arches. The two arches at the eastern end, surviving from when the bridge was built, are of ashlar, The western arch, built to replace two arches that were destroyed in a flood, is of cast iron, supported by three ribs, with lattice grids connecting supporting the roadway to the arch, and is known as the longest cast iron span of its kind in Scotland. A modern metal balustrade runs along the length of the bridge. The bridge is no longer open to road traffic, but is accessible to pedestrians.