Spey Bridge, Newtonmore is a Grade B listed building in the Cairngorms National Park local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 October 1971.
Spey Bridge, Newtonmore
- WRENN ID
- hollow-rampart-amber
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Cairngorms National Park
- Constituency
- Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 October 1971
- OS grid reference
- NN 708 980
- Coordinates
- 57.05503, -4.13048
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Spey Bridge, built in 1925-26, is a long, three-arched bridge designed by engineer Sir Owen Williams, with architectural input from Maxwell Ayrton. Constructed from reinforced concrete in the Modern Movement style, the arches diminish in height and span from south to north. The arches are segmentally shuttered and swept to form triangular cutwaters with inclined piers. Canted end piers incorporate refuges. The bridge slopes downwards from the higher ground on the south bank to the north.
Sir Owen Williams, a prominent engineer of the Modern Movement, designed several landmark bridges along the A9 in the Highlands. The design combines imaginative aesthetics with innovative structural techniques using reinforced concrete. Williams' intention was likely to create striking features within the landscape, and over time, the bridge has become integrated into its surroundings. Other bridges designed by Williams along the A9 include twin arch bridges at Loch Alvie and Crubenmore, larger bridges at Dalnamein and over the Findhorn at Tomatin, and a smaller single-span bridge at Dalnamein, all listed separately. Smaller bridges at Aviemore and Brora have undergone remodelling and are not listed.
Local climate
Spey Bridge, Newtonmore sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 83 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 66 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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