Queenie Bridge
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Queenie Bridge | |
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 The bridge in 2019, looking east to Ship Row in Greenhill | |
| Coordinates | 57°30′15″N 1°46′20″W / 57.50411°N 1.77227°W |
| Carries | Bridge Street and Greenhill Road |
| Crosses | Middle Harbour |
| Locale | Aberdeenshire |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Bascule |
| Longest span | 106 feet (32 m) |
| History | |
| Opened | 1954 |
| Location | |
 Interactive map of Queenie Bridge | |
Queenie Bridge is a toll-free bascule bridge in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Opened in 1954, it connects Bridge Street and Greenhill Road in the town's harbour area. It replaced a swing bridge which had stood on the site since 1850 and was built at a cost of £8,000.[1][2] There has been a crossing at this point in the harbour since at least 1739.[3]
The bridge's name is a play on Quinzie (the Scots version of the French word coin, which signifies a corner),[4][5][6] the historic name of the area of town to the south of Port Henry, which was constructed in 1593. Quinzie was a causeway of boulders, covered only by spring tides, which linked the islands of Keith Inch and Greenhill to the mainland.[7]
