Tour Scotland travel video, with Scottish music, of a long road trip drive on the North Coast 500 route through the North West Highlands on visit to Kylesku Bridge. The bridge carries the non trunk A894 road across Loch a' Chàirn Bhàin between Unapool and Kylestrome. Designed by Ove Arup and built by Morrisons for the then Highland Regional Council, it was opened by the Queen in 1984, and is a concrete structure spanning the narrow entrance to the loch with a single main span. The bridge is built on a sweeping curve. Each pier comprises four inclined legs springing from two foundations, like four edges of a tetrahedron. Before the bridge was opened, a shuttle ferry ran across the narrow channel. In the 1960's the ferry was able to carry 4 cars, took 5 minutes to cross and was free. It operated from 9am until 9pm in the summer, and dusk in the winter months. For a small country Scotland boasts some of the most scenic roads in the world. The NC500 starts in the northern city of Inverness, runs along the west coast to Applecross and then northwards towards the towns of Torridon and Ullapool. From there, you will drive to some of the most northerly coastal points in Scotland, passing by Caithness and John o' Groats before heading south again through Dingwall and finally back to Inverness
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