Redbridge Viaduct
Coordinates: 55 ° 36 ′ 30 ″ N , 2 ° 46 ′ 13 ″ W.
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| use | Railway bridge | |
| Convicted | Waverley Line | |
| Subjugated | tweed | |
| place | Galashiels | |
| construction | Stone arch bridge | |
| Number of openings | 5 | |
| completion | 1849 | |
| opening | 1849 | |
| closure | 1969 | |
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The Redbridge Viaduct is a railway bridge between the Scottish towns of Galashiels and Tweedbank in the Scottish Borders . In 2006 the structure was included in the Scottish List of Monuments in Monument Category B. The bridge led the section opened in 1849 by the North British Railway from Edinburgh to Hawick of the later Waverley Line over the Tweed . It was completed around this year.
description
The masonry viaduct spans the Tweed in an east-west direction with five arches. The three middle arches extend over the full height, while the outer arches on the sloping bank are smaller. The sandstone masonry is lined and embossed on the segment arches . The pillars are provided with semicircular protruding icebreakers on both sides . The sandstone parapet closes with flat ashlar stones. Since the abandonment of the Waverley Line in 1969, the Redbridge Viaduct was initially unused. The tracks have meanwhile been dismantled and a footpath and bike path have been laid across the bridge.
In the course of the reconstruction of the railway line, the bridge was given tracks again in December 2014. As the route in this section was only rebuilt on a single track, cyclists and pedestrians share the bridge with the train. The bridge has been used by trains again as scheduled since September 6, 2015.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ www.bordersrailway.co.uk: Redbridge Viaduct improvements , accessed December 3, 2014
Web links
- Entry on Redbridge Viaduct in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland's database