Tour Scotland Travel Video Winter Road Trip Drive North On A9 From Perth To Bridge Logierait Highland Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video Blog of a sunny road trip drive, with music and songs, North from Perth on the A9 road to cross the bridge on ancestry visit to Logierait in Highland Perthshire, Scotland. The bridge across the River Tay at Logierait was built to carry a railway line heading west to Aberfeldy, from where coaches took passengers to Kenmore, and then a steamer up Loch Tay to Killin station, providing a scenic day out for the Scots from Glasgow and the Central belt. The line was closed in 1964. The bridge itself is a combined truss and girder bridge, with large steel girders spanning under the roadway, and further strength gained from the high lattice work trusses along either side. There are two main spans, with twinned piers in the river, and lesser spans at either end connecting to the abutments which provide room for floodwater. The A9 is a major road running from central Scotland to Scrabster Harbour, Thurso in the far north, via Stirling, Bridge of Allan, Perth and Inverness. At 273 miles, it is the longest road in Scotland and the fifth longest A road in the United Kingdom. Historically it was the main road between Edinburgh and John o' Groats, and has been called the spine of Scotland. Drive with great care and patience on this road as it regularly appears in lists of Scotland's most dangerous roads.

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