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Kessock Bridge
Coordinates57°29′58″N 4°13′48″W / 57.499448°N 4.229976°W / 57.499448; -4.229976
CarriesA9 road
CrossesBeauly Firth
LocaleInverness, Scotland
Characteristics
DesignCable-stayed bridge
Total length1,056 metres (3,465 ft)
Longest span240 metres (787 ft)
History
Opened6 August 1982 by The Queen Mother
Location
Map
Evening at Kessock Bridge

The Kessock Bridge (Scottish Gaelic: Drochaid Cheasaig)[1] carries the A9 trunk road across the Beauly Firth at Inverness, Scotland.

  1. ^ Maclean, Roddy (2004). The Gaelic Place Names and Heritage of Inverness. Inverness: Culcabock Publishing. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-9548925-0-0.

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