Waterloo Bridge, Inverness
From Graces Guide
A five equal-span double Warren truss iron road bridge supported on cast-iron columns across the River Ness. It connects Waterloo Place in Inverness with Grant Street
1896 Replaced a timber bridge with 13 spans of about 30 ft erected in 1807–08, known as Black Bridge.
The engineer of Waterloo Bridge was John A. Mackenzie, the consulting engineer was Murdoch Paterson and the contractors, Rose Street Foundry, Inverness.
The bridge stood firm in the severe floods of 1989 which reached nearly to deck level and caused the collapse of nearby Ness Viaduct.
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Sources of Information
- [1] Canmore