Float Viaduct
Location type
BridgeName and dates
Float Viaduct (1848-)Opened on the Caledonian Railway.
Description
This double track four span girder viaduct crossing the River Clyde is south of Carstairs on the west coast main line. Float Junction (replaced by today's Carstairs South Junction) was to the north and the Strawfrank Watertroughs were to the south.
The viaduct has been rebuilt several times.
Tags
Viaduct
The Float'The Float' name comes from a former ferry, the Lampits Ferry, which used to cross the River Clyde to the east of Float Viaduct. Clyde ViaductsViaducts crossing and tunnels under the River Clyde going upstream: Glasgow District Subway Clyde Viaduct [Glasgow Central] Clyde Viaduct [Glasgow Central] [1st] Glasgow District Subway Clyde Viaduct [Rutherglen] [1st] Clyde Viaduct [Rutherglen] Clyde Hot Metal Bridge Clyde Bridge Clydebridge Viaduct Rosebank Bridge Westburn Viaduct Clyde Viaduct [Uddingston] Clyde Viaduct [Uddingston] [1st] Craighead Viaduct Camp Viaduct Sandilands Viaduct Float Viaduct Wolfclyde Viaduct Lamington Viaduct Crawford Viaduct Crawford Viaduct [Camps Reservoir Railway] Bodsberry Viaduct |
Chronology Dates
| / /1873 | Caledonian Railway Authorisation to stop up Float Level Crossing. (Not done at this time.) This level crossing was to the south of the Float Viaduct, over the River Clyde, on a public road which crossed the river by means of the Lampits Ferry. |
| / /1911 | Caledonian Railway Details agreed with council to stop up Float Level Crossing. The Lampits Ferry was replaced by a new bridge carrying a new road over the Clyde to the west of Float Viaduct. |
