Skye Bridge

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Skye Bridge
Skye Bridge from Kyleakin
Coordinates	57°16′45.72″N 5°44′24.57″W / 57.2793667°N 5.7401583°W / 57.2793667; -5.7401583
Carries	A87, Station Road
Crosses	Loch Alsh
Official name	Skye Bridge
Characteristics
Material	Concrete and steel
Piers in water	2
History
Designer	Miller-Dywidag and Arup
Construction start	1992
Opened	16 October 1995
Replaces	Caledonian MacBrayne Kyle of Lochalsh ferry
Location

The Skye Bridge (Scottish Gaelic: Drochaid an Eilein Sgitheanaich) is a road bridge over Loch Alsh, Scotland, connecting the Isle of Skye to the island of Eilean Bàn. The name is also used for the whole Skye Crossing, which further connects Eilean Bàn to the mainland across the Carrich Viaduct.^[1] The crossing forms part of the A87.

Traditionally, the usual route from the mainland to Skye was the shortest crossing, with a length of around 500 metres (1,640 ft), across the sound between the villages of Kyle of Lochalsh on the mainland and Kyleakin on the island's east coast. A ferry service operated from around 1600, run by private operators and latterly by Caledonian MacBrayne.