Coatbridge, Caledonian 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, Caledonian Railway Bridge, Monkland Canal
- WRENN ID
- brooding-brick-storm
- 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 729 650
- Coordinates
- 55.86193, -4.03157
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Coatbridge Caledonian Railway Bridge, built in 1898 by the Caledonian Railway Company and Brandon Bridge Company of Motherwell, is a railway bridge made of cast iron, mild steel, and masonry. It features parallel plate girders that are doubled in depth over the canal. The bridge has a lattice steel parapet made of C-section members and is supported by rusticated red sandstone ashlar and droved ashlar piers, which include polished ashlar cutwaters. The terminals of the bridge are also rusticated ashlar, topped with a cornice and pyramidal capstones.
There is a footbridge on the west side of the piers, which includes round-arched openings through the piers, lattice steel sides, and steel overhead arch ties.
To the north, there is an access stair building made of red brick, featuring a piended slate roof and segmental-arched windows. It has a glazed brick band course at the eaves and blocked doors leading to the platform and lower level.
Local climate
Coatbridge, Caledonian 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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