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Skye Bridge

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The Skye Bridge (Drochaid an Eilein Sgitheanaich) is a road bridge over Loch Alsh, Scotland, connecting the Isle of Skye to the island of Eilean Bàn. [1]

46 relations: A87 road, Armadale, Skye, Arup Group, Bank of America, BBC, BBC Radio 4, Bridge, Caisson (engineering), Caledonian MacBrayne, Charles Kennedy, Coalition, Conservative Party (UK), Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, Dingwall, DYWIDAG Systems International, Eilean Bàn, Lochalsh, England national football team, Forth Bridge, Forth Road Bridge, George Monbiot, Germany national football team, James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness, Kyle of Lochalsh, Kyleakin, Loch Alsh, Loch Kishorn, Mallaig, Michael Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of Drumlean, Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning, National Audit Office (United Kingdom), Nicol Stephen, Prison, Private finance initiative, Procurator fiscal, Robbie the Pict, Scotland, Scottish Government, Scottish Office, Scottish Parliament, Secretary of State for Scotland, Sheriff court, Skye, Sound (geography), The Guardian, Toll bridge.

A87 road

The A87 is a major road in the Highland region of Scotland.

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Armadale, Skye

Armadale (Armadal) is a village near the southern end of the Sleat Peninsula, on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, and is a village in the Highland council area of Scotland.

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Arup Group

Arup (officially Arup Group Limited) is a multinational professional services firm headquartered in London which provides engineering, design, planning, project management and consulting services for all aspects of the built environment.

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Bank of America

Bank of America Corporation (abbreviated as BofA) is an American multinational financial services company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4 is a radio station owned and operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history.

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Bridge

A bridge is a structure built to span physical obstacles without closing the way underneath such as a body of water, valley, or road, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle.

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Caisson (engineering)

In geotechnical engineering, a caisson is a watertight retaining structure used, for example, to work on the foundations of a bridge pier, for the construction of a concrete dam, or for the repair of ships.

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Caledonian MacBrayne

Caledonian MacBrayne (Caledonian Mac a' Bhriuthainn), usually shortened to CalMac, is the major operator of passenger and vehicle ferries, and ferry services, between the mainland of Scotland and 22 of the major islands on Scotland's west coast.

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Charles Kennedy

Charles Peter Kennedy (25 November 1959 – 1 June 2015) was a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician who was Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 1999 to 2006 and a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1983 to 2015, latterly for the Ross, Skye and Lochaber constituency.

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Coalition

The term "coalition" is the denotation for a group formed when two or more persons, faction, states, political parties, militaries etc.

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Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom.

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Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (Oifis an Ard-Ghnìomhachas agus Seirbheis Neach-casaid an Ard-Ghnìomhachas, Croun Office an Procurator Fiscal Service) is the independent public prosecution service for Scotland, and is a Ministerial Department of the Scottish Government.

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Dingwall

Dingwall (Dingwal, Inbhir Pheofharain) is a town and a royal burgh in the Highland council area of Scotland.

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DYWIDAG Systems International

DYWIDAG-Systems International (DSI) is a globally operating technology group that has its focus on the construction and underground markets.

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Eilean Bàn, Lochalsh

Eilean Bàn (Scottish Gaelic meaning White Island) is a six acre island off the coast of mainland Scotland, between Kyle of Lochalsh and the Isle of Skye, in Highland.

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England national football team

The England national football team represents England in international football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England.

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Forth Bridge

The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge across the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, west of Edinburgh City Centre.

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Forth Road Bridge

The Forth Road Bridge is a suspension bridge in east central Scotland.

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George Monbiot

George Joshua Richard Monbiot (born 27 January 1963) is a British writer known for his environmental, political activism.

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Germany national football team

The Germany national football team (deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft or Die Mannschaft) is the men's football team that has represented Germany in international competition since 1908.

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James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas

James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, (born 31 July 1942), briefly Earl of Selkirk (a title he disclaimed) and previously styled Lord James Douglas-Hamilton as a younger son of the 14th Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, is a Scottish Conservative politician who served as Member of Parliament for Edinburgh West and then as Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Lothians.

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Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness

James Robert Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness,, FRSE (born 25 August 1954) is a British politician and former leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords.

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Kyle of Lochalsh

Kyle of Lochalsh (from the Scottish Gaelic Caol Loch Aillse, "strait of the foaming loch") is a village on the northwest coast of Scotland, 63 miles (100 km) west of Inverness.

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Kyleakin

Kyleakin (Scottish Gaelic: Caol Àcain) is a village situated on the east coast of the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland.

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Loch Alsh

Loch Alsh (from the Scottish Gaelic Loch Aillse, "foaming lake") is a sea inlet between the isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides and the Northwest Highlands of Scotland.

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Loch Kishorn

Loch Kishorn (Ciseòrn) is a sea loch Loch Kishorn in the north-west Highlands of Scotland.

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Mallaig

Mallaig; (Malaig) is a port in Lochaber, on the west coast of the Highlands of Scotland.

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Michael Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of Drumlean

Michael Bruce Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of Drumlean, Kt PC (born 16 October 1954) is a British financier and Conservative politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stirling from 1983 to 1997 and served in the cabinet of John Major as Secretary of State for Scotland from 1995 to 1997.

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Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning

The Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning was a cabinet position in the Scottish Executive.

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National Audit Office (United Kingdom)

The National Audit Office (NAO) is an independent Parliamentary body in the United Kingdom which is responsible for auditing central government departments, government agencies and non-departmental public bodies.

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Nicol Stephen

Nicol Ross Stephen, Baron Stephen (born 23 March 1960) is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician.

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Prison

A prison, also known as a correctional facility, jail, gaol (dated, British English), penitentiary (American English), detention center (American English), or remand center is a facility in which inmates are forcibly confined and denied a variety of freedoms under the authority of the state.

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Private finance initiative

The private finance initiative (PFI) is a way of creating "public–private partnerships" (PPPs) where private firms are contracted to complete and manage public projects.

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Procurator fiscal

A procurator fiscal (pl. procurators fiscal), sometimes called PF or fiscal, is a public prosecutor in Scotland (who, despite the title, has little to do with fiscal issues).

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Robbie the Pict

Robbie the Pict, also known as Brian Robertson (1948-) is a Scottish campaigner and former Scottish Parliamentary candidate for the Highlands and Islands.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Scottish Government

The Scottish Government (Riaghaltas na h-Alba; Scots Govrenment) is the executive of the devolved Scottish Parliament.

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Scottish Office

The Scottish Office was a department of the United Kingdom Government from 1885 until 1999, exercising a wide range of government functions in relation to Scotland under the control of the Secretary of State for Scotland.

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Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament (Pàrlamaid na h-Alba; Scots: The Scots Pairlament) is the devolved national, unicameral legislature of Scotland.

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Secretary of State for Scotland

Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Scotland (Rùnaire Stàite na h-Alba, Secretar o State for Scotland) is the principal minister of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland representing Scotland.

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Sheriff court

A sheriff court (cùirt an t-siorraim) is the principal local civil and criminal court in Scotland, with exclusive jurisdiction over all civil cases with a monetary up to, and with the jurisdiction to hear any criminal case except treason, murder, and rape which are in the exclusive jurisdiction of the High Court of Justiciary.

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Skye

Skye, or the Isle of Skye (An t-Eilean Sgitheanach or Eilean a' Cheò), is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.

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Sound (geography)

In geography, a sound is a large sea or ocean inlet larger than a bay, deeper than a bight, and wider than a fjord; or a narrow sea or ocean channel between two bodies of land (see also strait).

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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Toll bridge

A toll bridge is a bridge where a monetary charge (or "toll") is required to pass over.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skye_Bridge

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