Neidpath Viaduct | |
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Coordinates | 55°38.92′N 3°13.22′W / 55.64867°N 3.22033°W |
Carries | Footpath |
Crosses | River Tweed |
Locale | Neidpath, Borders |
Other name(s) | Queen's Bridge |
Characteristics | |
Design | Skew viaduct |
Material | Sandstone |
Height | 32 feet (9.8 m) |
Longest span | Eight equal spans of 32 feet 6 inches (9.91 m) |
No. of spans | 8 |
Piers in water | 4 |
History | |
Designer | Robert Murray & George Cunningham |
Construction end | 1863 |
Opened | 1864 |
Location | |
Neidpath Viaduct, occasionally known as the Queen's Bridge,[1] consists of eight stone skew arches and was built to carry the Symington to Peebles branch line of the Caledonian Railway over the River Tweed to the south-west of Neidpath Castle. Now closed to rail traffic the bridge is used as a footpath.