Glenfoot Viaduct
Location type
BridgeName and dates
Glenfoot Viaduct (1851-1973)Opened on the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway.
Description
This double track lattice viaduct was west of Tillicoultry.
The original viaduct was directly alongside, to the north. Glenfoot station, a temporary terminus, was opened to the south west while the first viaduct was completed.
The approaches to the original viaduct remained after the bridge was replaced, there was a notable widening of the embankments.
There were three lattice girder spans. The piers were strengthened with rails bracing.
The line was singled before closure, the westbound line being lifted.
The piers of the viaduct remains, the metalwork was scrapped. The embankment approaching from the west has been levelled.
Alternative name; Tillicoultry Viaduct.
Tags
ViaductAliases
Tillicoultry ViaductExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Glenfoot Tillicoultry Sauchie Alva Clackmannan Road Alloa Alloa [1st] Clackmannan and Kennet Forest Mill Alloa Ferry Dollar South Alloa Menstrie and Glenochil Cambus Kilbagie | Devonside Colliery Devonside Colliery Woodland^s Coal Pit Siding Devonside Colliery Devonside Brick Works Devon Sidings Devon Iron Works Devon Colliery Furnacebank Pits Nos 1, 2 Tillicoultry Colliery Pits Nos 1 and 2 Auchinbaird Siding Devon Colliery Meta Pit Gartinkeir Harvieston Tourist/other Devon Colliery Signal Box Sauchie Tower |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
