Greig Street Bridge

{{Short description|Suspension bridge in Inverness, Scotland}}

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Greig Street Bridge is a footbridge across the River Ness located in Inverness, Scotland. It is a suspension bridge built in 1880–1 by the civil engineer C. Manners in conjunction with the Rose Street Foundry for a cost of £1,400.{{cite web |last1=l |title=Inverness City plans |url=https://www.highland.gov.uk/downloads/file/12802/the_rose_street_foundry_sheet_1 |website=www.highland.gov.uk |publisher=The Highland Council |accessdate=13 February 2019 |language=en}}

It is composed of two side spans of {{convert|20.4|m}} and a central span of {{convert|61.3|m}}.{{cite web |title=Scottish Bridges: 31. Greig Street Bridge, Inverness |url=http://happypontist.blogspot.com/2012/07/scottish-bridges-31-greig-street-bridge.html |website=The Happy Pontist |accessdate=13 February 2019 |date=24 July 2012}} The bridge has warren trusses with an additional railing for pedestrian safety. The cables were replaced in 1952, as were the anchorages in 1989.

An important rite of passage for young Invernesians involves getting a third of the way onto the bridge and jumping up and down in unison. This creates the famous Greig Street sine wave, to the delight of the perpetrators and the horror of tourists, giving it, and an identical bridge further upstream, the local nickname of "The Bouncy Bridge".