School Pupils To Name £18m Bridge

Pupils at two primary schools in Aberdeen City are being given the chance to name a new £18m bridge.

The structure is to be installed as part of the Third Don Crossing project.

Contractor Balfour Beatty will develop a new single carriageway link road between Parkway/Whitestripes Road junction and the Tillydrone Avenue/St Machar Drive junctions, including the construction of the new bridges.

The project requires the construction of two bridges, with the first being a 26m skew span reinforced concrete bridge over the Mill Lade at Grandholm Village and the second a 90m span steel box girder over the River Don.


Work began in August 2014, with the project expected to be completed in January 2016.

Bridge beams were lifted into place in July by a specialist 1,000-tonne crane.

Remaining works include continuing work on the reinforcement of the bridge structures, painting, along with constructing new roads, pavements and cycle ways.

Councillor Ross Thomson said: "It is fantastic that pupils will choose the name of the bridge and I'm sure they will have lots of fun with the project.

"It's great to see the work so far on the bridge and when it's constructed and opened, people living and working on both sides of the River Don will see a big difference in getting around their part of the city."

Pupils at Riverbank and Danestone Schools will be given a choice of names, with the most popular suggestions being ratified at a council committee later.

(LM/CD)