Gartness Viaduct
Location type
BridgeName and dates
Gartness Viaduct (1882-1959)Opened on the Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway.
Description
This was a single track girder viaduct which carried the Strathendrick and Aberfoyle Railway over the Endrick Water just south of Gartness Junction. Just to the north the line entered a loop at the junction.
It was a two span lattice girder bridge, the larger southern span crossing the water.
Also it was a listed structure, the girders were removed in 1971. Abutments partly remain. Similar bridges survive on the West Highland Railway.
Tags
Viaduct Endrick Water
| Nearby stations Gartness Killearn Drymen Balfron Dumgoyne Duntreath Halt Caldarvan Blanefield Buchlyvie Strathblane Gartmore Jamestown Balloch [1st] Balloch Balloch Pier | Gartness Junction Drumquharn Tile Works Altwhir Viaduct Drymen Viaduct Blackburn Siding Killearn Shed Tourist/other Gartness Castle Dalnair House Buchanan Monument Killearn House Killearn Hospital Ballat Crossing Buchanan Castle Cattermuir Crossing Kilmaronock House |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
