Oykel Viaduct
Location type
BridgeName and dates
Oykel Viaduct (1868-)Opened on the Sutherland Railway.
Description
The Oykel Viaduct is directly to the south of Invershin station and north of Culrain station. It is a single track 280 foot truss viaduct with two masonry arches to the south and three to the north, 80 ft over the watercourse. Also known as the Shin Railway Viaduct. (The confluence of the Oykel and the Shin is to the north, the viaduct passes over the Kyle of Sutherland.) The viaduct was engineered by William Paterson and was built in 1867, the line being opened in 1868.
A pedestrian footway was added on the west side in the 1990s.
Tags
Viaduct scenic Kyle of SutherlandAliases
Shin Railway Viaduct Shin ViaductExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
Facilities
Listing: A
| Nearby stations Invershin Culrain Ardgay Lairg Mid Fearn Rogart Edderton Cambusavie Platform The Mound Meikle Ferry Skelbo Dornoch Embo Tain Golspie | Invercarron Bridge Lairg Oil Depot Lairg Quarry Fearn Causeway Lairg Summit Acheilidh Crossing Shinness Quarry Dornoch Firth Crossing Tourist/other Carbisdale Castle Achany House Dornoch Firth Dalmore Signal Box Balblair Distillery Skilbo Castle Loch Fleet |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1912 | Sutherland Railway Oykel Viaduct strengthened for 'Castle' locomotives during 1912/1913. |
Books
 Highland Survivor |
