Victoria Swing Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 55°58′43″N 3°10′12″W / 55.9787251°N 3.1699057°W |
Crosses | Water of Leith |
Characteristics | |
Material | Wrought iron |
Total length | 212 feet (65 m) |
Width | 24 feet (7.3 m) |
Longest span | 120 feet (37 m) |
History | |
Engineering design by | Rendel and Robertson |
Construction start | 1871 |
Construction end | 1874 |
Construction cost | £30,000 |
Location | |
The Victoria Swing Bridge is a swing bridge in Leith docks, Edinburgh, Scotland, which carries a dock road (and previously twin railway lines) across the Water of Leith at a point where it is canalised as the Inner Harbour.