Merry Street Bridge
Location type
BridgeName and dates
Merry Street Bridge (1957-1992)Opened on the Motherwell New Lines (Caledonian Railway).
Description
This double track girder bridge crossed Merry Street north of the Ravenscraig Steelworks (David Colville and Sons). The bridge has been removed and relocated to replace the River Dulnain Viaduct on the Strathspey Railway [Preserved].
The original bridge here, on a slightly different alignment, carried a public railway, the Motherwell New Lines (Caledonian Railway).
It was replaced with another bridge, the southern abutment moved slightly to the east, to carry the northern approach to Ravenscraig, entering the works at the north end of Ravenscraig No 3 Yard. By this route limestone entered the works from the Mossend Marshalling Yard and wagons of strip coil left, going north to the same yard.
Tags
Bridge06/02/2021
| Nearby stations Motherwell [1st] Motherwell Junction Motherwell Motherwell Bridge Carfin Holytown Flemington Airbles Shieldmuir Holytown [1st] Mossend Cleland [1st] Bellshill Ferniegair [2nd] Ferniegair [1st] | Cleekhimin Coal Pit Coursington Boiler Works Coursington Road Junction Coursington Colliery Pit No 3 Carfin Colliery Pit No 3 Motherwell Gas Works RNSD Carfin Scrap loading Coursington Colliery Pit No 2 Coursington Colliery Carfin Colliery Pits Nos 1 and 2 Ravenscraig No 3 Yard Carfin Brick Works Parkneuk Colliery Tourist/other Carfin House |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
News items
| 08/10/2008 | Steel beams to bridge the river gap to Grantown [Press & Journal] |
