Rossie Viaduct
Location type
BridgeName and dates
Rossie Viaduct (1881-)Opened on the North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway.
Description
This is a 17 arch single track red brick viaduct. It connects Ferryden to Rossie Island crossing the southern of two outlets from Montrose Basin. Also known as Inchbraoch Viaduct. Designed by Thomas Bouch. The viaduct is 903 ft long overall and 58 ft high.
Much infilling and land recovery of this watercourse has closed it, the channel to the north of Rossie Island (crossed by the South Esk Viaduct) is now the only outlet from the basin. The southern channel was the smaller of the two. However the viaduct still crosses water as the channel has not been filled directly below it.
The viaduct was built around 1878 but the line was not brought into use immediately as the nearby original Thomas Bouch designed girder South Esk Viaduct was tested to destruction and replaced. The line opened in 1881.
Tags
ViaductAliases
Inchbraoch ViaductExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
NLS Map
Facilities
Listing: B
| Nearby stations Montrose [CR] Montrose Broomfield Dubton Lunan Bay Bridge of Dun Hillside [NB] North Water Bridge Halt Farnell Road Craigo Inverkeilor St Cyrus Lauriston Cauldcots Brechin | South Esk Viaduct Montrose West Quay Montrose Harbour Montrose Wet Dock Montrose Grain Store Ship Building Yard Montrose Shed [CR] Montrose [CR] Timber Yard Montrose Shed [NBR] Montrose North Junction Dronner^s Dyke Tourist/other Usan Signal Box Montrose Basin Usan House Dunninald Castle |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /2016 | North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway Doubling of the single track section of the East Coast Main Line from Usan Signal Box to Montrose (over the Rossie Viaduct and South Esk Viaduct) planned at a cost of £200M. Doubling of this section was previously announced in 2008. |
Books
 The Montrose & Bervie Railway: A Study of Transport in South-East Kincardineshire 1770-1966 |
