Connel Bridge, near Oban

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The bridge is 152.5 meters, the height above the water level 15 m.Etot bridge was built by Sir William Arrol & Co of Glasgow and was commissioned in May 1903 for the construction of spent approx. 2,600 tons of steel, construction cost was almost £ 43.000.Iznachalno bridge was only railroad, single-track, but in 1909 opened a second, lanes. And not only the wagon drove over the bridge, but some of them were transported on rails (they made a special wagons).With 1914 open pedestrian traffic (on the west side of the bridge).Odnovremenno carts / cars and the train did not go when passing trains, regular transportation is not passed, which served as a special gates at both ends of the bridge. During the passage or transit have been charged (except for w / e).In 1966 a railway line was decommissioned.