Overview
- The crossing at the Spittal of Glen Muick car park has been closed to vehicles and pedestrians after the road gave way beside the bridge.
- Balmoral Castle shared images showing tarmac eroded from the wooden bridge and traffic cones blocking access.
- Motorists were urged to avoid the area as access via the popular Glen Muick route is currently severed.
- The failure followed weeks of severe winter weather in Aberdeenshire that led to high volumes of melting snow.
- The 50,000-acre private estate, which passed to King Charles III after Queen Elizabeth II’s death, includes Loch Muick, a well-visited site with £5 parking.