Date: 05/11/2023

A project has started to replace the wooden deck of Woodend Bridge on the multi-use path between Cardrona and Innerleithen.

It is a decade since the Tweed Valley Railway Path opened. And the suspension bridge was constructed before the route opened.

The work is expected to take two weeks and cost in the region of £100,000. It will be completed by workers from Berwick-upon-Tweed firm Tweed Formwork.

[This bridge replaces, on a different alignment, a missing railway bridge.]

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The footbridge that now spans the Tweed between Cardrona and Innerleithen, seen from the trackbed of the Peebles Railway looking towards Galashiels in June 2014. The long demolished railway bridge stood slightly further south beyond the trees. See image [[47747]]
Location: Cardrona Viaduct
Company: Galashiels, Innerleithen and Peebles Railway (North British Railway)
18/06/2014 John Furnevel

A goods train going east crossing the River Tweed near Cardrona House heading for Innerleithen, thought to have been taken around 1960. The Peebles Loop closed completely in 1962.
Location: Cardrona Viaduct
Company: Galashiels, Innerleithen and Peebles Railway (North British Railway)
//1960 Dougie Squance (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)

The 70 yard long former railway tunnel under the A72 Innerleithen Road at Eshiels, just east of Peebles, photographed in July 2010. Sealed in 1962, the tunnel was reopened as part of a cycle route earlier this year.
Location: Eshiels Tunnel
Company: Galashiels, Innerleithen and Peebles Railway (North British Railway)
17/07/2010 Colin Harkins

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