Shin Viaduct

River Oykel; Oykel Viaduct; Kyle Of Sutherland; Invershin

Shin Viaduct

Shin Viaduct

Shin Viaduct

Shin Viaduct

Shin Viaduct

Year built :

1867

Designer/builder :

J Mitchell and Murdoch Paterson

Length :

9,2+9,2+9,2+67 +9,2+9,2 m

Current use :

railway

Over :

Kyle of Sutherland

Type :

lattice

Material :

iron

Grid Reference.:

NH 5790 9527

Comments :

A huge iron truss of 220 feet span, with nine complete box sections and two half sections, it has an elaborate diamond lattice side with an upper railing for the trackside and a lower one for an inspection walkway. The massive stone abutments have two semicircular approach arches on the south side and three on the north. It is 55 feet above the ordinary spring tides. [1]

Historic