Deedes Street Railway Bridge
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Deedes Street Railway Bridge by Texas Radio and The Big Beat as part of the Geograph project.
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Deedes Street Railway Bridge
Image: © Texas Radio and The Big Beat Taken: 31 Oct 2010
Alternative view of www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1417072 "A fabricated steel bridge carrying two railway tracks across Deedes Street in Airdrie, built by Sir William Arrol & Co in 1929. The bridge comprises three 'Whipple-Murphy' bow trusses, and is one of only three known uses of this truss system in Scotland (the others being nearby at Baillieston (Bargeddie: NS66SE 141) over the A8, and the navigation spans of the Tay (railway) Bridge (NO32NE 11)." RCAHMS
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Image Location
Latitude
55.862924
Longitude
-3.99804