Coatbridge Cross Railway Bridge, Monkland Canal is a Grade B listed building in the North Lanarkshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 11 June 2004. Bridge.

Coatbridge Cross Railway Bridge, Monkland Canal

WRENN ID
stubborn-steeple-crimson
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
North Lanarkshire
Constituency
Coatbridge and Bellshill MP: Frank McNally (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
11 June 2004
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NS 730 650
Coordinates
55.86219, -4.02989
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Coatbridge Cross Railway Bridge, built between 1870 and 1872, is a wrought iron parallel lattice truss railway bridge. It features flat lattice members adorned with decorative bosses over the rivets and has a wrought iron deck. The bridge is supported by ashlar sandstone abutments and piers that include long and short quoins.

In the north section, which spans over West Canal Street, there are wrought iron parallel plate girders complemented by cast iron baluster panels that are decorated with ovals and circles.

Local climate

Coatbridge Cross Railway Bridge, Monkland Canal sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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