Railway Overbridge, Cemetery Road, Dalkeith is a Grade B listed building in the Midlothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 9 March 1992. Bridge.

Railway Overbridge, Cemetery Road, Dalkeith

WRENN ID
forgotten-sentry-rush
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Midlothian
Constituency
Midlothian MP: Kirsty McNeill (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
9 March 1992
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NT 327 669
Coordinates
55.89097, -3.07649
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Railway Overbridge on Cemetery Road in Dalkeith was built in the mid 19th century. It is a narrow bridge oriented on a north-south axis. The bridge features saddleback coped stugged ashlar piers and a wrought-iron plate girder. It has massive cast-iron parapets that are 11 bays long, with inverted nailhead panels separated by panelled pilasters and raised semicircular blocks.

Local climate

Railway Overbridge, Cemetery Road, Dalkeith receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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