TheBridgeEng · Learning from Failure

Spey Viaduct (Garmouth) (2025)

United Kingdom · Scour · wrought-iron bowstring truss, ex-railway, now cycle path

A 139-year-old rail viaduct converted to a cycle route sat on piers in a river that keeps shifting its bed…

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