A Highland bridge over troubled water is to get the Royal seal of approval.
For The Princess Royal is to visit Tain in Ross-shire next month and open the town’s iconic restored Alexandra Footbridge.
The suspension bridge spans the River Tain and links the town’s golf club with the foreshore.
It had been closed for five years as a safety precaution.
The 110-year-old B-listed steel crossing had suffered severe corrosion.
Highland Council last year appointed Renfrewshire-based Maclean and Speirs to carry out a major refurbishment of the 141ft crossing.
The bridge was closed during the works but access to the links shore path and the river path to the golf course was not affected.
Funding for the project has been provided by the Tain Common Good Fund, Historic Scotland, Tain Community Council, Highland Council’s capital programme and its local ward discretionary budget.
Originally the council believed that the project would cost around £200,000, however tenders received from companies interested in the work were much higher. The revised cost was put at around £324,500.
The decorative, wire-rope suspension bridge was manufactured by the Rose Street Foundry in Inverness.
In 2011, the bridge was also closed for a period, due to safety concerns, and while temporary works allowed it to be re-opened a long term solution was required.
The same day as opening the bridge on July 21, Anne as patron of The Scottish Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux, will visit the Ross and Cromarty Bureau and the Christian Community Action Support Team in Market Street.
She will also visit Metalwork UK Offices on the Blarliath Industrial Estate and open Tain Health Centre in Craighill Terrace.
Also on the princess’s itinerary is a trip to Glasstorm Contemporary Glass Studio and Gallery in Chapel Street.