Shankend Viaduct
Coordinates: 55 ° 20 ′ 44 " N , 2 ° 45 ′ 22" W
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| use | Railway bridge | |
| Convicted | Waverley Line | |
| Subjugated | Langside Burn | |
| place | near Hawick | |
| construction | Stone arch bridge | |
| Number of openings | 15th | |
| Clear width | 10.6 | |
| Clear height | 18.3 | |
| completion | 1862 | |
| opening | June 24, 1862 | |
| closure | 1969 | |
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The Shankend Viaduct is a former railway bridge in the Scottish Borders . In 1971 the structure was included in the Scottish Monument Lists in Monument Category B. The bridge led the last section of the Waverley Line, opened in 1862 by the North British Railway , over a flat valley through which the Langside Burn stream flows. It was completed around this year and opened to traffic on June 24, 1862. The contract to build the viaduct was awarded together with the Whitrope Tunnel to the south .
With the closure of the entire line on January 6, 1969, the viaduct became obsolete. The rails have since been removed. The monument was extensively restored in the 2000s.
description
The bridge is located in a sparsely populated region of the Scottish Borders. The next larger town is Hawick, nine kilometers to the north . The masonry viaduct spans the valley with 15 arches. Their clear width is 10.6 m with a clear height of a maximum of 18.3 m. The masonry was repaired in many places with brick .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ a b c Entry on Shankend Viaduct in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
Web links
- Entry on Shankend Viaduct in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database