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[[image:JD 2019 Logierait15.jpg|thumb|Wrought iron bar from the [[Shelton Bar Iron Co]]]] | |||
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Logierait Bridge, or Logierait Viaduct (it has four spans), was built in 1865 as a railway bridge, carrying the Aberfeldy branch of the [[Inverness and Perth Junction Railway]] over the River Tay. It closed in 1965, but was restored and converted for single track road use, connecting the A827 and the B898 near Ballinuig, south east of Pitlochry. | Logierait Bridge, or Logierait Viaduct (it has four spans), was built in 1865 as a railway bridge, carrying the Aberfeldy branch of the [[Inverness and Perth Junction Railway]] over the River Tay. It closed in 1965, but was restored and converted for single track road use, connecting the A827 and the B898 near Ballinuig, south east of Pitlochry. | ||
Revision as of 08:18, 15 June 2019
Logierait Bridge, or Logierait Viaduct (it has four spans), was built in 1865 as a railway bridge, carrying the Aberfeldy branch of the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway over the River Tay. It closed in 1965, but was restored and converted for single track road use, connecting the A827 and the B898 near Ballinuig, south east of Pitlochry.
It is now a community asset owned by the Logierait Bridge Company. See here for recent history of the bridge.
The ironwork was produced by the Fairbairn Engineering Co of Manchester. The main contractors were Gowans and McKay, and Joseph Mitchell was the designer. The wrought iron lattice girders are supported by concrete-filled cast iron piers.
For more information and location map, see Canmore entry.
Note: A somewhat similar bridge, the Tay Viaduct, Dalguise, remains in use as a railway crossing over the Tay, a few miles south of Logierait Viaduct. The similar Ballinluig Viaduct originally carried the branch line over the River Tummel, a short distance east of Logierait Viaduct. This was scrapped and replaced by the present A827 road bridge which here follows the line of the railway.