Redbridge Viaduct
| Redbridge Viaduct | |
| Roxburghshire | |
|---|---|
 The Redbridge Viaduct | |
| Location | |
| Type: | Arches |
| Carrying: | Borders Railway |
| Crossing: | River Tweed |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NT51573525 |
| Location: | 55°36’31"N, 2°46’13"W |
| Structure | |
| No. of spans: | 5 |
| Type: | Arches |
| Material: | Stone |
| History | |
| Built 1849 | |
| Information | |
The Redbridge Viaduct is a Victorian railway viaduct across the River Tweed in Roxburghshire. The viaduct crosses the Tweed in an east-west direction, just below the point where the Gala Water crosses the River Tweed in Galashiels.
It is built of red sandstone, hence its name 'the Redbridge'. Otherwise it is known as the Tweed Viaduct. Disused for many years, the viaduct now carries the Borders Railway over the Tweed from its southern terminus at Tweedbank close by the bridge. Form here the railway follows up the valley of the Gala Water and thence over the hills to Edinburgh.
The bridge was originally built in 1849 for the North British Railway as part of the Waverley Line from Carlisle to Edinburgh. The line closed in 1969. In 2015 the Borders Railway opened, largely following the route of the old Waverley Line from Tweedbank, crossing the Tweed on the Redbridge Viaduct.
The viaduct is a Category B listed structure.[1]
References
- Redbridge Viaduct: Bridges on the Tyne
- ↑ Galafoot, Railway viaduct over Tweed (Category B) - Listing detail (Historic Environment Scotland)
| Bridges and crossings on the River Tweed | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tweed Bridge | A7 Bridge | Galafoot Bridge | Redbridge Viaduct | Melrose Bridge | Gattonside Suspension Bridge | Leaderfoot Viaduct |