HEBRIDEAN WAY – LEWIS BRIDGES

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Bridge designs for small footbridges on Hebridean way long distance footpath.

Client – Comhairle nan Eilean Siar

Completion – 2015

Value – N/A

AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

Site surveys to determine dimensions; waterway calculations; design of standardised steel beam and timber deck bridges; masonry and timber foundations.

PRINCIPAL ELEMENTS

• Survey work in remote areas
• steel and timber deck designs
• mass masonry abutments and steps

KEY FEATURES

Remote locations for survey and construction; minimise element sizes for transport; varying depths of peat overlying founding stratum.

CONTRACTORS

Project Manager – Wallace Stone

Main Contractor – D J Murray