Warriston Viaduct
Location type
BridgeName and dates
Warriston Viaduct (1846-1960)Opened on the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway.
Description
This is a disused substantial three arch double track viaduct crossing the Water of Leith and Warriston Road. The arches are skewed, each is 34 ft long.
Warriston Junction was directly to the north of the viaduct and Heriothill Goods to the south.
The line over the viaduct closed in 1960.
The viaduct now carries a footpath. The scale is best appreciated from below by the Water of Leith.
The engineers were Thomas Grainger and John Miller.
Tags
Viaduct footpath Water of LeithFacilities
Listing: B
| Nearby stations Scotland Street Powderhall Ferry Road Bonnington Pilrig Street Leith Walk York Place [Tram] Newhaven [Leith New Lines] McDonald Road [Tram] Picardy Place [Tram] Granton Road St Andrew Square [Tram] Newhaven Balfour Street [Tram] Princes Street [Tram] | Warriston Junction Logie Green Workshops Heriothill Goods Rodney Street Tunnel Powderhall Destructor Bonnington South Junction Powderhall Bridge Bonnington South Viaduct Rosebank Iron Works Bonnington North Viaduct Bonnington North Junction Chancelot Mills [1st] Bonnington East Junction Tourist/other Roya Botanic Gardens Bonnington Level Crossing |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
