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]

Queenie Bridge
The bridge in 2019, looking east to Ship Row in Greenhill
Coordinates	57.50411°N 1.77227°W / 57.50411; -1.77227
Carries	Bridge Street and Greenhill Road
Crosses	Middle Harbour
Locale	Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Characteristics
Design	Bascule bridge
Longest span	106 feet (32 m)
History
Opened	1954 (71 years ago) (1954)
Statistics
Daily traffic	Yes
Toll	No
Location

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]