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A project has started to replace the wooden deck of Woodend Bridge on the multi-use path between Cardrona and Innerleithen.

It is a decade since the Tweed Valley Railway Path opened. And the suspension bridge was constructed before the route opened.

The work is expected to take two weeks and cost in the region of £100,000. It will be completed by workers from Berwick-upon-Tweed firm Tweed Formwork.

[This bridge replaces, on a different alignment, a missing railway bridge.]
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Cardrona Viaduct: A goods train going east crossing the River Tweed near Cardrona House heading for Innerleithen, thought to have been taken around 1960. The Peebles Loop closed completely in 1962.
Dougie Squance (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) //1960


Cardrona Viaduct: The footbridge that now spans the Tweed between Cardrona and Innerleithen, seen from the trackbed of the Peebles Railway looking towards Galashiels in June 2014. The long demolished railway bridge sto ...
John Furnevel 18/06/2014


Eshiels Tunnel: The 70 yard long former railway tunnel under the A72 Innerleithen Road at Eshiels, just east of Peebles, photographed in July 2010. Sealed in 1962, the tunnel was reopened as part of a cycle route ear ...
Colin Harkins 17/07/2010

A plea to let there be light in a cycle and pedestrian tunnel under the former Peebles Railway has been answered.
(Permalink) Eshiels Tunnel


Eshiels Tunnel: Disused Tunnel under Innerleithen Rd. This tunnel comes complete with Telecommmunication equipment and several Tree stumps in the middle!!
Colin Harkins /03/2006


Eshiels Tunnel: The reopened tunnel under the A72 at Eshiels to the east of Peebles seen on 17 July 2010. See image [[10820]]
Colin Harkins 17/07/2010


Eshiels Tunnel: The 70 yard long former railway tunnel under the A72 Innerleithen Road at Eshiels, just east of Peebles, photographed in July 2010. Sealed in 1962, the tunnel was reopened as part of a cycle route ear ...
Colin Harkins 17/07/2010

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