Site Report

WoSASPIN 1477
NM94SE 7 978 443.

Caledonian Railway; Ballachulish branch. Opened 21 August 1903; closed to passenger traffic 28 March 1966.

Opened 1903 by the Caledonian Rly. A four-span structure with steel-truss main spans and a single pointed-arch approach span on each side. The approaches are castellated and the masonry of these and of the central pier is rustic ashlar. Disused.
J R Hume 1977.

This bridge was built by the Arrol Brodge Co in 1898-1903 across narrows on Loch Creran about 1/2 mile short of Creagan Station. It comprises two wide girder spans flanked on either side by a masonry arch, and remains in place, being disused but still walkable.
C E J Fryer 1989.

This bridge was built for the Callander and Oban Rly (in all respects part of the Caledonian Rly) to carry the Ballachulish branch across the narrow mouth of Loch Creran. It opened to public traffic on 24 August 1903. It is of lattice-girder type and comprises two spans of 150 ft (45.7m) length supported by central pier of ashlar granite, the deck being some 40 ft (12.2m) above high water mark. At each end there is a single approach span granite construction with parapets decorated in the Scottish Baronial style. The pedestrian footpath built over the bridge was never opened to public use.
The branch line closed on 28 March 1966 and the bridge remains disused.
M Smith 1994.