Redbridge Viaduct
Location type
BridgeNames and dates
Redbridge Viaduct (1849-1969)Redbridge Viaduct (2015-)
Opened on the Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway).
Description
This was built as a double track five arch viaduct. At present it carries one track and a footpath, the Southern Upland Way . The railway track is on the north side, path on the south.
The bridge carried the double track Edinburgh and Hawick Railway of the North British Railway over the River Tweed until closure in 1969. The bridge became a footpath during the years of disuse. The railway was reinstated as a single track in 2015.
Bridge 104.
Tags
ViaductExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
08/02/2020
| Nearby stations Tweedbank Galashiels [1st] Abbotsford Ferry [2nd] Galashiels Abbotsford Ferry [1st] Melrose Lindean Newstead [Melrose] Clovenfords Earlston St Boswells Bowland Selkirk Angling Club Cottage Charlesfield Halt | Galashiels Gas Board Siding Tweedbank Junction Galashiels and District Electric Supply Co Selkirk Junction Netherdale Mill Gala Mill Galashiels South Signal Box Darnick Siding Galashiels Shed Galashiels Goods Galashiels North Signal Box Paterson's No 1 Siding Ladhope Tunnel Tourist/other Abbots Ford Abbotsford |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
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