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The Shin Railway Viaduct (also known as the Invershin Viaduct or Oykel Viaduct) is a railway viaduct that crosses the Kyle of Sutherland.The viaduct carries the Far North Line between Inverness and Wick and Thurso.[1] Invershin railway station is at the north-eastern end of the viaduct, while Culrain railway station is a short distance to the south.
Shin Railway Viaduct | |
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| Coordinates | 57.924022°N 4.401109°W |
| Carries | Far North Line |
| Crosses | Kyle of Sutherland |
| Characteristics | |
| Longest span | 230 feet (70 m) |
| History | |
| Engineering design by | Joseph Mitchell and Murdoch Paterson |
| Construction end | 1868 |
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It was built for the Sutherland Railway by engineers Joseph Mitchell and Murdoch Paterson.[2]
The railway opened to traffic on 13 April 1868.[3]
It crosses the river with a single 230 feet (70 m) span, 20 feet (6.1 m) longer than that used at the Dalguise Viaduct by Mitchell four years earlier.[1] The deck which carries the track sits on top of rather than between the truss girders.[1] There are two semicircular stone arches in the approach viaduct to the south, and three to the north.[2]
A footbridge was added to the northern side of the viaduct in 2000. This is now part of National Cycle Network Route 1.
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