Bargeddie Bridge
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BridgeName and dates
Bargeddie Bridge (1927-)Opened on the Rutherglen and Coatbridge Branch (Caledonian Railway).
Description
This is the 'Cutty Sark Bridge' (named for a long term advert for Cutty Sark Whisky on the bridge) over the A8 at the point where is became the M8 heading west.
It is a single bowstring girder carrying a double track line over the dual carriage. Because the width was just over four lanes a hard shoulder could not be fitted beneath it.
With the conversion of the A8 into the M8, a new road deviation has opened to the south. This is crossed by the Braehead Viaduct with which the Bargeddie bridge is almost contiguous.
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Bridge
| Nearby stations Bargeddie Bargeddie [NB] Baillieston [1st] Easterhouse Kirkwood Maryville Baillieston Calderpark Halt Langloan Uddingston West Broomhouse Uddingston [1st] Uddingston Blairhill Uddingston East | Braehead Viaduct Drumpellier Junction Braehead Brick Works Bredisholm Collieries Pit No 6 Tannochside Junction Bargeddie Colliery Bankhead Quarry Bredisholm Colliery Junction Drumpeller Incline Bartonshill Colliery Pit No 2 Drumpark Colliery Coal Pit Coal Pit Bargeddie Brick Works Bartonshill Colliery Pit No 1 |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
