Avon Viaduct
Location type
BridgeName and dates
Avon Viaduct (1842-)Opened on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.
Description
This is a double track 23 arch masonry viaduct, 442 yards long and 70 ft high, west of Linlithgow station.
The engineer was John Miller. The arches have been braced with rails.
Further upstream the River Avon is crossed by the Union Canal via the Avon Aqueduct.
Tags
Viaduct River AvonExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
Facilities
Listing: A
| Nearby stations Manuel High Level Manuel Low Level Manuel Causewayend [MR] [2nd] Causewayend [SR] Causewayend [MR] [1st] Linlithgow Birkhill Bowhouse Kinneil [1st] Kinneil Bo^ness [1st] Polmont Bo^ness Westfield | Bo^ness Junction Lochmill Siding Bo^ness Low Junction Manuel Bo^ness Junction Shed Bo^ness Junction [1st] Manuel Brick Works Almond Junction Almond Iron Works Avonbank Viaduct Canal Lye Causewayend Junction Tourist/other Avon Aqueduct Muiravonside Country Park Linlithgow Palace Linlithgow Basin [UC] |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
