Nethertown Railway Bridge, Forth Street, Dunfermline is a Grade C listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 August 1996. Bridge.

Nethertown Railway Bridge, Forth Street, Dunfermline

WRENN ID
burning-cornice-aspen
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
Dunfermline and Dollar MP: Graeme Downie (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
22 August 1996
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NT 090 867
Coordinates
56.06482, -3.46213
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Nethertown Railway Bridge, built in 1832 for the Elgin Railway, is a long culvert with a segmental arch that is lined with ashlar stone. It is 1 metre wide and features radial voussoirs and splayed abutments. There is a concrete slab on top of the bridge, which does not have any historical interest.

Local climate

Nethertown Railway Bridge, Forth Street, Dunfermline receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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