39. Skye Bridge - Celebrating 30 Years!

About this episode

This episode celebrates thirty years of the Skye Bridge with discussions on its planning, design, and construction.

In this episode of the Scottish Roadscast Stuart has travelled to Inverness to celebrate thirty years of the Skye Bridge. Archive guru Duncan Macknight and special guest Darren Donaldson consider its planning, design and construction. This month's "From the Archive" features the bridge's opening booklet from 1995. It's available as always on scottishroadsarchive.org Released October 2025.

People in this episode

Host: Stuart

Guests: Duncan Macknight, Darren Donaldson

Topics covered

• Skye Bridge
• history
• planning
• design
• construction
• celebration
• archive

Keywords

• Skye Bridge
• Inverness
• history
• construction
• 1995
• archive
• celebration

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Scottish Roads Archive

Books & works: opening booklet

Places: Inverness

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