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Kylesku Bridge
The Kylesku Bridge (officially known since 2019 by its Gaelic name Drochaid a' Chaolais Chumhaing) is a distinctively curved concrete box girder bridge in north-west Scotland that crosses the Loch a' Chàirn Bhàin in Sutherland. It is listed as category A, the highest grade.
History.
In June 1978 the Highland Regional Council asked Ove Arup & Partners Scotland to prepare a feasibility study for a bridge, in their capacity as consulting civil engineers, and was prepared by March 1979. 
Construction for
where it served until replaced by the "Queen of Kylesku" in 1967. When no longer needed, the "Maid of Kylesku" was simply beached and lay, grounded on the opposite side of the bay.
In 1976, the , built in Ardrossan, became the first vessel capable of carrying fully loaded commercial vehicles. After the opening of the Kylesku Bridge she went on to serve as the Corran Ferry.
Bridge.
The ferry service became known as a dreaded bottleneck on the route north - south and