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Wineburn, Bridge No. 653
Railway Bridge (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Wineburn, Bridge No. 653
Classification Railway Bridge (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Riverside Road, Ellon
Canmore ID 219549
Site Number NJ92NW 139
NGR NJ 9431 2988
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/219549
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Ellon
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ92NW 139 9431 2988
See also NJ92NW 129-38.
(Name cited as Wineburn). This bridge formerly carried the Aberdeen - Ellon branch line [of the Great North of Scotland Rly] over a public road [Riverside Road, Ellon] 18.5 miles from Aberdeen. The railway is disused as such, and now forms a public cycle path.
The bridge is 5.99m wide [long] and situated on a gentle slope at an altitude of 25m OD. It comprises steel troughing on plate girders; the parapet has been demolished.
(Photograph: GRC Estates Dept B473).
NMRS, MS/712/108.
