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Edinburgh, Roseburn Terrace, Railway Bridge
Railway Bridge (19th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, Roseburn Terrace, Railway Bridge
Classification Railway Bridge (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Murrayfield Station Bridge; Murrayfield Railway Bridge
Canmore ID 120813
Site Number NT27SW 756
NGR NT 23154 73186
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/120813
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27SW 756 23154 73186
This bridge formerly carried the Caledonian Rly's route around West and North Edinburgh (from Slateford Junction to Granton, Newhaven and Leith) over Roseburn Terrace immediately S of Murrayfoeld Station (NS27SW 2910). It was probably opened by that company on 1 August 1879, and closed to regular passenger traffic on 1 October 1951.
The bridge is depicted, but not noted, on the 1966 edion of the OS 1:1250 map.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 February 2006.
Construction (1861)
Crosses the A8 road at West Coates on CAledonian Railway Slateford and West Granton Harbour branch line
Project (2007)
This project was undertaken to input site information listed in 'Civil engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders' by R Paxton and J Shipway, 2007.
Publication Account (2007)
Roseburn Terrace railway bridge (also known as Murrayfield Bridge) is a single-span structure crossing the A8 road at West Coates is a distinctively decorated iron railway bridge dating from 1861 when the Caledonian Railway opened the branch line from Slateford to West Granton harbour. The span of 61 ft on a slight skew consists of three plate girders of which the centre one is hogbacked. The intricate handrails carry the Caledonian Railway crest in a central panel. The bridge, which also exhibits ornamental decoration in its abutments, was refurbished in 1991, its ironwork being painted in black, Caledonian Railway blue, green and gold, reminiscent of the bridge practice of a once great company. The line, which was closed in 1962, is now conserved as part of a pedestrian and cycle path.The Caledonian Railway’s main line into Edinburgh, terminating at the east end of Princes Street in 1848, was closed in the 1960s and redeveloped as the West Approach Road in 1972, which conserved some of the company’s other historic retaining walls and bridges, for example, Grove Street plate-girder bridge (NT 2439 7310). The fine viaduct at Slateford (NT 2200 7078) with its 14 masonry arches of 30 ft span designed by Locke & Errington and completed in 1848 is still operational.
R Paxton and J Shipway 2007
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders' with kind permission of Thomas Telford Publishers.
