Uddingston Viaduct
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| Uddingston Viaduct | |
| Lanarkshire | |
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| Location | |
| Crossing: | River Clyde |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NS68806088 |
| Location: | 55°49’24"N, 4°5’45"W |
| Structure | |
| History | |
| Built 1848 | |
| Information | |
The Uddingston Viaduct, otherwise known as the Clyde Viaduct (one of two of the latter name), carries the railway line to Glasgow over the River Clyde on three elegant iron spans outside Uddingston, Lanarkshire. It was built in 1848 for the Caledonian Railway Company, to carry their Uddingston to Glasgow line.
The bridge is a 3-span segmental-arched viaduct in cast-iron. Each arch features 4 solid ribs tied by wrought-iron bracing and with open lattice spandrels. The piers are in bull-faced red sandstone ashlar with polished ashlar band courses and dividing arches. A later three-span N-truss bridge in steel girders was built alongside in 1903.[1]
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| Bridges and crossings on the River Clyde | ||||||
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| Pipe bridge | Aerial ropeway | Haughhead Bridge | Uddingston Viaduct | Uddingston Footbridge | David Livingstone Memorial Bridge | Pipe bridge |