Winter Friarton Bridge Over River Tay On History Visit To Perth Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Winter travel video of Friarton Bridge which spans the River Tay on visit outside Perth, Perthshire. A high level cantilever four lane road bridge which crosses the River Tay 1½ miles South East of Perth, the Friarton Bridge represents the north eastern end of the M90 motorway. It allows traffic to bypass Perth to the east linking with the A90 which forges east across the Carse of Gowrie. The bridge was constructed in 1978 and represents the first road crossing upstream of the Tay Road Bridge. Officially, the Scottish winter runs from the 21st of December through to the 20th March. The River Tay, Scottish Gaelic: Tatha, is the longest river in Scotland and the seventh longest in the United Kingdom. The Tay originates in western Scotland on the slopes of Ben Lui mountain, Scottish Gaelic: Beinn Laoigh, then flows easterly across the Highlands, through Loch Dochart, Loch Iubhair and Loch Tay, then continues east through Strathtay, in the centre of Scotland, then south east through Perth, where it becomes tidal, to its mouth at the Firth of Tay, south of Dundee in Tayside. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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