A new £1 million road bridge has been opened in Perth & Kinross.

The Bleaton Hallet Bridge was built by Morgan Sindall in partnership with Tayside Contracts after the previous east abutment was washed away, causing the bridge deck to fall into the gorge below, during Storm Frank in December 2015.

Major works included the design of the new abutment and deck; the full reconstruction of the east abutment; the landing of large steel beams and concrete deck units; the installation of the bridge parapets and also carry out improvements to localised drainage.

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Cllr John Kellas said: "I would like to take this opportunity to thank our partners for carrying out their pivotal role of removing the deck of the old bridge from the gorge in such a timely fashion.

"My thanks also go to our contractors for their efforts in not only providing a higher specification bridge on the same timescale but also for their proactive approach in ensuring that disruption to local residents was kept to a minimum by allowing them the use of their temporary site pedestrian bridge as well as facilitating the supply of bottled gas to those residents affected by the lack of vehicular access."

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