Skye Bridge
CountryUK
Year Built1995
Total Length500 m
TypeCable-stayed
About Skye Bridge
Connects the Isle of Skye to the Scottish mainland. Controversial tolls of 5.70 each way were among the highest per-meter in Europe. The tolls were abolished in 2004 after public protests. A symbol of the Skye community fight.
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