Date: 25/09/2021

The 'Bowline' was created using a disused railway viaduct, and has created a new linear park connecting to the National Cycle network. [The trackbed of the former Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway/CR/LMS crosses over the Forth and Clyde Canal, open railway (the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway/NBR/LNER) and A814 in quick succession. -RS]

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The Bowline was created using a disused railway viaduct, and has created a new linear park connecting to the National Cycle network.

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The course of the Caledonian line to Dumbarton sweeps past the western end of the Forth & Clyde Canal at Bowling on 14 June.
Location: Bowling [CR]
Company: Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway
14/06/2008 David Panton

Bowling Swing Bridge has been cleaned and repainted. All the former Caledonian viaducts through Bowling are being converted into a new walkway. In addition the customs house building is being restored and units rebuilt in the arches under the western approach to the swing bridge.
Location: Bowling Swing Bridge
Company: Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway
25/02/2020 Ewan Crawford

Poster showing details of the repairing of the viaducts through Bowling, in preparation for reopening the route as a footpath.
Location: Bowling Swing Bridge
Company: Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway
25/02/2020 Ewan Crawford

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