History in Structure

Etive Bridge, Kingshouse

A Category B Listed Building in Fort William and Ardnamurchan, Highland

More Photos »
Approximate Location Map
Large Map »

Coordinates

Latitude: 56.6516 / 56°39'5"N

Longitude: -4.8523 / 4°51'8"W

OS Eastings: 225234

OS Northings: 754728

OS Grid: NN252547

Mapcode National: GBR GCD4.849

Mapcode Global: WH2HZ.F2MM

Plus Code: 9C8QM42X+J3

Entry Name: Etive Bridge, Kingshouse

Listing Name: Etive Bridge on A82

Listing Date: 16 January 1995

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 346643

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB13486

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Kingshouse, Etive Bridge

ID on this website: 200346643

Location: Lismore and Appin

County: Highland

Electoral Ward: Fort William and Ardnamurchan

Parish: Lismore And Appin

Traditional County: Argyllshire

Tagged with: Road bridge

Find accommodation in
Kinlochleven

Description

Built 1931-2, James McGregor, Lewis R Sutherland and W H Hunt, engineers. Single bowed-truss reinforced concrete

bridge of 99ft (30.5m) span.

SIDE GIRDERS: Massive arched upper members, 8 suspenders and a slab deck with 8 transverse stiffening ribs. These are bricked by below-deck continuous tie beam. Parapet between suspenders has plinth,

spandrels perforated with arched openings (8 per section) and plain cope.

ABUTMENTS: Paired monumental panelled pylons on plain base, with revetments of face-dressed granite boulders.

Statement of Interest

One of a pair of bridges on the A82, dating from the experimental peirod of reinforced concrete road bridge construction in Scotland.

External Links

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

Other nearby listed buildings

BritishListedBuildings.co.uk is an independent online resource and is not associated with any government department. All government data published here is used under licence. Please do not contact BritishListedBuildings.co.uk for any queries related to any individual listed building, planning permission related to listed buildings or the listing process itself.

British Listed Buildings is a Good Stuff website.