Oich Viaduct
Location type
BridgeName and dates
Oich Viaduct (1903-1924)Opened on the Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway.
Description
This was a single track lattice girder bridge with four spans and castellated piers. The line's engineers were Forman and McColl and the resident engineer was William Roberts, later of the Highland Railway.
The viaduct was just north of the Fort Augustus Swing Bridge by which the line crossed the Caledonian Canal.
The bridge is noted for the expense of creating castellated piers.
The viaduct was closed by July 1924, although the disused track remained in place for some time. It was demolished in 1944, with the five mass concrete piers left standing. A small single arch bridge over the canal towpath also remains at the south end.
Tags
Viaduct River Oich
| Nearby stations Fort Augustus Fort Augustus Pier Aberchalder Invergarry Invergloy Platform Tulloch Roy Bridge Fersit Halt Gairlochy Spean Bridge Dalwhinnie Newtonmore Kingussie Beauly Clunes | Fort Augustus Locks Fort Augustus Swing Bridge Battery Rock Calder Burn Viaduct Loch Oich Tunnel Invergarry Iron Works Tourist/other Lovat Arms and Station Hotel Old Bridge Of Oich Fort Augustus Abbey Fort Augustus Lighthouse Fort Augustus RNAD Depot Aberchalder Lodge Bridge of Oich Loch Oich Glengarry Castle Hotel |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Books
 Forgotten Railways: Scotland |
