Date: 25/12/2018

A deteriorating road bridge which it was feared could collapse onto the East Coast Main Line in Aberdeenshire has been demolished.
The Abbeyton road-over-rail bridge, on the B966 just north of Fordoun, was shut in July.
Inspections found serious failings in the 170-year-old structure.
Aberdeenshire Council said a specialist contractor was working alongside council engineers to dismantle it over Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
The demolition was under way by about 02:00, and the main structure was gone by the middle of the morning.

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Deteriorating rail bridge demolished

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The Abbeyton road-over-rail bridge over the East Coast Main Line in Aberdeenshire had to be shut back in July.

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The 12.07 First Scotrail Class 170 Aberdeen - Edinburgh approaches Fordoun on 20 October 2012. Photographed from the road bridge alongside the station site looking north east towards the Network Rail track access point in the middle distance.
Location: Fordoun
Company: Aberdeen Railway
20/10/2012 John McIntyre

The morning HST service from Leeds to Aberdeen passes the former station at Fordoun (closed 1956) between Laurencekirk and Stonehaven on 20 October 2012.
Location: Fordoun
Company: Aberdeen Railway
20/10/2012 John McIntyre

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