Greig Street Bridge is a footbridge across theRiver Ness located inInverness, Scotland. It is asuspension bridge built in 1880–1 by thecivil engineer C. Manners in conjunction with theRose Street Foundry for a cost of £1,400.[1]
It is composed of two side spans of 20.4 metres (67 ft) and a central span of 61.3 metres (201 ft).[2] The bridge haswarren trusses with an additional railing for pedestrian safety.[2] The cables were replaced in 1952, as were the anchorages in 1989.[2]
An important rite of passage for young Invernesians involves getting a third of the way onto the bridge and jumping up and down in unison. This creates the famous Greig Street sine wave, to the delight of the perpetrators and the horror of tourists, giving it, and an identical bridge further upstream, the local nickname of "The Bouncy Bridge".
References
edit- ^l."Inverness City plans".www.highland.gov.uk. The Highland Council. Retrieved13 February 2019.
- ^abc"Scottish Bridges: 31. Greig Street Bridge, Inverness".The Happy Pontist. 24 July 2012. Retrieved13 February 2019.
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