Braehead Viaduct
Location type
BridgeName and dates
Braehead Viaduct (2016-)Opened on the Rutherglen and Coatbridge Branch (Caledonian Railway).
Description
This is a long double track girder viaduct, near Bargeddie station, crossing the new M8 alignment. Built at the site of Tannochside Junction, for the Tannochside Branch (Caledonian Railway).
(Not to be confused with the more famous Braehead near Renfrew.)
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Viaduct
| Nearby stations Bargeddie Bargeddie [NB] Baillieston [1st] Easterhouse Maryville Baillieston Kirkwood Calderpark Halt Uddingston West Langloan Broomhouse Uddingston [1st] Uddingston Garrowhill Blairhill | Bargeddie Bridge Tannochside Junction Bredisholm Collieries Pit No 6 Braehead Brick Works Drumpellier Junction Bargeddie Colliery Bankhead Quarry Bartonshill Colliery Pit No 2 Bredisholm Colliery Junction Drumpeller Incline Bredisholm Colliery Ellismuir Pit No 2 Coal Pit Coal Pit Bartonshill Colliery Pit No 1 Bredisholm Colliery Brick Works |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
News items
| 29/07/2015 | Rail bridge slid into place as £500m motorway upgrade continues [BBC News] |
