Orbiston Viaduct
Location type
BridgeName and dates
Orbiston Viaduct (1849-)Opened on the Clydesdale Junction Railway.
Description
This is a six arch double track viaduct over the South Calder Water. The viaduct is between Uddingston and Motherwell.
Just to the west was Orbiston Signal Box.
Also known as Babylon Bridge.
Tags
ViaductAliases
Babylon Bridge
| Nearby stations Bellshill Bellshill [NB] Motherwell Motherwell Bridge Motherwell [1st] Holytown [1st] Motherwell Junction Bothwell Park Halt Mossend Airbles Holytown Bothwell [CR] Fallside Bothwell [North British] Hamilton [NBR] | Nethan Iron Works Orbiston Colliery Pits Nos 1 and 2 Motherwell Iron and Steel Works North Motherwell Colliery Pit No 3 Metropolitan-Vickers [Motherwell] Engineering Works Braidhurst Colliery Bellshill Colliery Pit No 3 North Motherwell Colliery Pit No 2 North Motherwell Colliery Pit No 1 Douglas Park Colliery Pits Nos 1 and 2 Motherwell Bridge and Engineering Works Motherwell Wagon Works Tourist/other Orbiston Signal Box Logans Road Level Crossing |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
News items
| 30/07/2021 | Viaduct protection work begins at Orbiston [Network Rail] |
