Union Canal Bridge No. 40 is a Grade B listed building in the West Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 25 June 1980. Bridge.

Union Canal Bridge No. 40

WRENN ID
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Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
West Lothian
Constituency
Bathgate and Linlithgow MP: Kirsteen Sullivan (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
25 June 1980
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NT 040 770
Coordinates
55.97664, -3.53908
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Union Canal Bridge No. 40, designed by engineer Hugh Baird around 1820, is a segmental-arched bridge. It is constructed of cream-colored squared, coursed, and stugged sandstone rubble, with ashlar coping. The bridge features a number on its keystone.

Local climate

Union Canal Bridge No. 40 receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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