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influence is increasing. New concrete bridges are rising on the new Fort William—Inverness road, and the two that are now under construction, Invergarry and Oich Bridges, designed by Edinburgh engineers and architects, show a far greater feeling of fitness for surroundings than those interesting but startling bridges built by a London lion sonic years ago on the Blair Atholl—Inverness road. The colour—a warm but delicate pinky-brown—of Invergarry Bridge would alone make it worth visiting, since the cold grey tune of most modern concrete work has been one of the chief bars to its successful use in rural districts and particularly among the warm browns of Highland scenery. To build in concrete and disguise with stone facings, a bastard modernity noticeable in many districts and considered to be artistic by sonic, shirks the issue altogether. General Wade never bothered himself with this trick of scene-painting in real scenery. He made roads and built bridges straight- forwardly, and the very merit of his work lies in its worthy simplicity. We should like posterity to think the same of the jobs we undertake.
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