Leaderfoot Viaduct
Coordinates: 55 ° 36 ′ 15 ″ N , 2 ° 40 ′ 41 ″ W.
| Leaderfoot Viaduct | ||
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| use | footbridge | |
| Convicted | sidewalk | |
| Subjugated | tweed | |
| place | near Newstead | |
| construction | Stone arch bridge | |
| Number of openings | 19th | |
| Clear width | 13 m | |
| Clear height | 37 m | |
| opening | 1865 | |
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The Leaderfoot Viaduct , also Drygrange Railway Viaduct , is a former railway viaduct near the Scottish town of Newstead in the Council Area Scottish Borders . The building, which is now only used by pedestrians, was included in the Scottish monument lists in 1971, initially in category B. The upgrade to the highest monument category A took place in 1986.
history
The builder of the viaduct was the Berwickshire Railway . At the opening of the bridge in 1865 led one of Reston or Duns coming backroad through Berwickshire over the Tweed, mainly St Boswells with from Edinburgh coming Waverley Line Association. After severe flooding in August 1948, numerous bridges along the railway line were badly damaged. Passenger traffic was discontinued that same month. Freight traffic, however, continued until the final line closure in 1965. Today the viaduct only serves as a footbridge over the Tweed Valley. In the 1990s some pillars were reinforced.
Near the Leaderfoot Viaduct, the Drygrange Old Bridge and its modern successor bridge, three bridges cross the Tweed. Based on the nearby Roman field camp Trimontium , the sequence of the three bridges is jokingly referred to as "Tripontium".
description
The Leaderfoot Viaduct crosses the Tweed around 800 m east of Newstead. The masonry viaduct spans the river with 19 lined round arches . These have clear widths of 13 m with a maximum clear height of 37 m. The masonry of the pillars consists of very uneven, embossed blocks of red sandstone . They have lengths of up to 1.5 m. The upper part of the bridge and the arches, on the other hand, are lined with brick .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ a b c Entry on Leaderfoot Viaduct in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
Web links
- Entry on Leaderfoot Viaduct in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland's database