Tay Viaduct
Tay Viaduct | |
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 The southern side of the bridge's curve | |
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| Carries | Scottish Central Railway |
| Crosses | River Tay |
| Locale | Perth, Perth and Kinross |
| Other name | West Railway Bridge |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Benjamin Hall Blyth |
| Material | Iron and stone |
| Total length | 440 m (1,440 ft) |
| History | |
| Constructed by | Francis Freeman & Lee |
| Opened | 1864 |
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The Tay Viaduct, also known as the West Railway Bridge, is a single-track railway viaduct in Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland.[1] It is around 440 m (1,440 ft) long.[2] It carries the Scottish Central Railway, via a pronounced curve, across the River Tay to and from Perth railway station, 0.5 mi (800 m) to the west. Built in 1864, the work of London's Francis Freeman & Lee,[3] it replaced an earlier double-track timber viaduct dating from 1849.[4] The first pier of today's structure is for a double track, but the line is now single.[citation needed]
The viaduct has seven iron girder spans on the city side of the river, ten stone arches on Moncreiffe Island, and six iron girder spans to the east of Moncreiffe Island.[2] The earlier bridge had 25 arches and an iron swing bridge.
The bridge has two spans across the Tay from Perth: the first is to Moncreiffe Island; the second is from Moncreiffe Island to Barnhill on the river's eastern banks.
It has a pedestrian walkway on the outer edge of its curve. The curve is less severe than its predecessor's was. The current structure has seventeen chains.[2]
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The bridge in 1925, looking towards Kinnoull -
Looking west to Perth Water Works (left) from the first span across the Tay, 2011 -
The Royal Scotsman crossing the bridge between Barnhill and Moncreiffe Island, 2011 -
Looking east to Moncreiffe Island and, beyond, Barnhill, 2012
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Perth, West Railway Bridge Archived 21 February 2022 at the Wayback Machine – Canmore
- ^ a b c Tay Railway Viaduct (Perth) Archived 21 February 2022 at the Wayback Machine – Perth City Tours
- ^ The Artizan, Volume 5 (1847), p. 183
- ^ David Ross, The Caledonian: Scotland's Imperial Railway: A History, Stenlake Publishing Limited, Catrine, 2014, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
- Tay Viaduct – RailScot
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