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The Kessock Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge
Cable-stayed bridge

A cable-stayed bridge is a bridge that consists of one or more columns , with cables supporting the bridge deck.There are two major classes of cable-stayed bridges: In a harp design, the cables are made nearly parallel by attaching cables to various points on the tower so that the height of attachment of each cable on the tower is sim...
 across the Beauly Firth
Beauly Firth

The Beauly Firth is a firth in northern Scotland. It is effectively a continuation of the Moray Firth westward, and is bounded at one end by Beauly and at the other by Inverness ....
, an inlet of the Moray Firth
Moray Firth

The Moray Firth is a roughly triangular inlet of the North Sea, north and east of Inverness, which is in the Highland Council areas of Scotland of Scotland....
, between the village of North Kessock
North Kessock

North Kessock is the first village encountered on the Black Isle when driving from Inverness north over the Kessock Bridge. Because it is by-passed by the main road to the north the village remains quiet....
 and the city of Inverness
Inverness

Inverness is a City status in the United Kingdom in northern Scotland. The city is the administrative centre for the Highland Council areas of Scotland, and it is promoted as the capital of the Scottish Highlands....
 in the Scottish Highlands
Scottish Highlands

The Scottish Highlands include the rugged and mountainous regions of Scotland north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault, although the exact boundaries are not clearly defined, particularly to the east....
. Construction began on the bridge in 1976 and the bridge was completed and opened in 1982.

The bridge has a total length of 1,056 metres with a main span of 240m and is based upon the design of the bridge across the Rhine
Rhine

File:Swiss Grand Canyon.jpgThe Rhine is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe, at , with an average discharge of more than ....
 in Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf

D?sseldorf is the capital city of the Germany state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is an economic centre of Germany. The city is situated on the River Rhine and has a high population density - the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area has over 10 million inhabitants alone....
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The Kessock Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge
Cable-stayed bridge

A cable-stayed bridge is a bridge that consists of one or more columns , with cables supporting the bridge deck.There are two major classes of cable-stayed bridges: In a harp design, the cables are made nearly parallel by attaching cables to various points on the tower so that the height of attachment of each cable on the tower is sim...
 across the Beauly Firth
Beauly Firth

The Beauly Firth is a firth in northern Scotland. It is effectively a continuation of the Moray Firth westward, and is bounded at one end by Beauly and at the other by Inverness ....
, an inlet of the Moray Firth
Moray Firth

The Moray Firth is a roughly triangular inlet of the North Sea, north and east of Inverness, which is in the Highland Council areas of Scotland of Scotland....
, between the village of North Kessock
North Kessock

North Kessock is the first village encountered on the Black Isle when driving from Inverness north over the Kessock Bridge. Because it is by-passed by the main road to the north the village remains quiet....
 and the city of Inverness
Inverness

Inverness is a City status in the United Kingdom in northern Scotland. The city is the administrative centre for the Highland Council areas of Scotland, and it is promoted as the capital of the Scottish Highlands....
 in the Scottish Highlands
Scottish Highlands

The Scottish Highlands include the rugged and mountainous regions of Scotland north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault, although the exact boundaries are not clearly defined, particularly to the east....
. Construction began on the bridge in 1976 and the bridge was completed and opened in 1982.

The bridge has a total length of 1,056 metres with a main span of 240m and is based upon the design of the bridge across the Rhine
Rhine

File:Swiss Grand Canyon.jpgThe Rhine is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe, at , with an average discharge of more than ....
 in Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf

D?sseldorf is the capital city of the Germany state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is an economic centre of Germany. The city is situated on the River Rhine and has a high population density - the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area has over 10 million inhabitants alone....
. The Beauly Firth
Beauly Firth

The Beauly Firth is a firth in northern Scotland. It is effectively a continuation of the Moray Firth westward, and is bounded at one end by Beauly and at the other by Inverness ....
 is a navigable waterway and hence the bridge is raised high over sea level. The four bridge towers dominate the Inverness skyline, especially at night when they are lit.

The bridge carries the A9 trunk road
Trunk road

A trunk road, trunk highway, or strategic road is a major road—usually connecting two or more city, ports, airports, etc.—which is the recommended route for long-distance and freight traffic....
 north from Inverness to the Black Isle
Black Isle

The Black Isle is an eastern area of the Scottish Highlands Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland of Scotland, within the Counties of Scotland of Ross and Cromarty....
. It is the southernmost of the "Three Firths" crossings (Beauly, Cromarty
Cromarty Firth

The Cromarty Firth forms an arm of the North Sea in Scotland.From where it joins Moray Firth, the Cromarty Firth extends inland in a westerly and then south-westerly direction for a distance of 19 miles ....
 and Dornoch
Dornoch Firth

The Dornoch Firth is a firth on the east coast of Highland , in northern Scotland. It forms part of the boundary between Ross and Cromarty, to the south, and Sutherland, to the north....
) which has transformed road transport in the Highlands. It has proved a key factor in the growth of the city of Inverness.

Since 2007 the Kessock Bridge has featured on the obverse of the new series of £100 notes issued by the Bank of Scotland
Bank of Scotland

The Bank of Scotland plc is a commercial bank and clearing bank based in Edinburgh, Scotland. With a history dating to the 17th century, it is the oldest surviving bank in what is now the United Kingdom, and is the only commercial institution created by the Parliament of Scotland to remain in existence....
. The series of notes commemorates Scottish engineering achivements with illustrations of bridges in Scotland such as the Glenfinnan Viaduct
Glenfinnan Viaduct

Glenfinnan Viaduct is a railway viaduct on the West Highland Line in Glenfinnan, Lochaber, Highland , Scotland. It was built between 1897 and 1901....
 and the Forth Rail Bridge.

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