This lovely steel cantilever bridge spans Loch Etive at its narrowest point, six miles north-east of Oban on the west coast. It has a span of 150m (500 ft) and height of 15m (50 ft).
It was originally built to carry the Callander and Oban Railway's branch line to Ballachulish which opened in 1903. In 1914, a road was added next to the railway track, then, in 1966, the bridge was converted for the sole use of road vehicles and pedestrians.
The steel arches at both ends of the bridge had to be raised after being hit by vehicles which were too tall. The present height limit for vehicles is 4.2m (13.8 ft).
The rapids here are really amazing to watch during the ebbing tide. The seawater in the loch streams out through narrows and over a rocky shelf creating strong currents and waves. I've never seen anything like it before and found it quite mesmerising! read more