Jamestown Viaduct, Inverkeithing

The Jamestown Viaduct in Inverkeithing is a railway viaduct constructed between 1883 and 1890, designed by Sir John Fowler and Sir Benjamin Baker, with engineering by Louis Nelville and contracting by Tancred, Arrol and Co and Joseph Philips. It features masonry abutments made of square snecked rubble, topped with a band course above elliptical arches that span 23 metres at both ends. The viaduct includes four spans of mild steel box girders, which are supported by raking vertical struts and topped with a light lattice steel parapet. Each steel span measures 30 metres in length and rests on four masonry piers made of squared and snecked bullfaced rubble, which are set at a 25-degree angle to the centre line. The entire structure is curved and has a gradient of 1 in 70.