Kylesku Bridge

The Kylesku Bridge is a distinctively curved concrete box girder bridge in northwest Scotland that crosses Caolas Cumhann; the channel that connects Loch Glencoul and Loch Glendhu with Loch a' Chàirn Bhàin in Sutherland.

Photo: Geoff Lees, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Bridge
Description: bridge in Highland, Scotland
Also known as: “Drochaid a‘ Chaolais Chumhaing” and “Drochaid a‘ Chaolais Chumhaing”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kylesku and Kylestrome.

Kylesku

Hamlet

Photo: Reboelje, Public domain.

Kylesku is a fishing hamlet in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands. Until 1984, it was the site of a free ferry. It takes its name from Caolas Cumhann, Gaelic for "narrow strait", which is the channel just to the west of the village that connects Loch Glencoul and Loch Glendubh to Loch a' Chàirn Bhàin.

Kylestrome

Hamlet

Photo: Donald Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kylestrome is a village on the north shore of Loch a' Chàirn Bhàin, 2 miles northwest of Unapool, in Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

Achfary

Village

Photo: Donald Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Achfary is a hamlet in the Scottish council area of Highland. To the east of the village lies Loch nan Ealachan. It is owned by the Grosvenor Estate and is renowned for its unusual black and white telephone box, erected in the 1960s. Achfary is situated 5 miles northeast of Kylesku Bridge.

Kylesku Bridge

Categories: road bridge, box girder bridge, and transportation
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.2569° or 58° 15′ 25″ north

Longitude

-5.02405° or 5° 1′ 27″ west

Open location code

9CCP7X4G+Q9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 670919443

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=bridge

Wikidata ID

Q6451568

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In Other Languages

From Egyptian Arabic to German—“Kylesku Bridge” goes by many names.

Egyptian Arabic: “كوبرى كيليسكو”
German: “Drochaid a’ Chaolais Chumhaing”
German: “Kylesku Bridge”

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