Innerleithen, Haughhead Railway Viaduct
Railway Viaduct (19th Century)
Site Name Innerleithen, Haughhead Railway Viaduct
Classification Railway Viaduct (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) River Tweed; Haugh-head; Haughead
Canmore ID 144386
Site Number NT33NW 69
NGR NT 34053 36626
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/144386
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Innerleithen
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT33NW 69 34053 36626
Foot Bridge [NAT]
OS 1:2500 map, 1966.
EXTERNAL REFERENCE
Railway bridge over River Tweed at Innerleithen.
Plans, unsigned, at Darley Hay Partnership, Ayr.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
(Location cited as NT 341 367). Railway viaduct, Haughead, opened 1866 by the North British Railway. 6-span viaduct on a skew with slightly bowed girders on masonry piers.
J R Hume 1976.
This viaduct formerly carried the Galashiels-Peebles branch of the former North British Rly over the River Tweed to the SE of Innerleithen (NT33NW 62) and to the W of Haugh-Head steading (NT33NW 129). The river here forms the boundary between the parishes of Innerleithen (to the N) and Traquair (to the S).
The location cited defines the centre of the span.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 January 2005.
Sbc Note (15 April 2016)
Visibility: Standing structure or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
Sbc Note
This bridge was opened in 1886 by the North British Railway. It is a 6-span viaduct on a skewwith slightly bowed plate girders on masonry piers. The bridge crosses the parish boundary. See 413/0068 (Internal Scottish Borders Council Reference).
Information from Scottish Borders Council
