Union Canal bridges are numbered 1 to 62 from Edinburgh to Falkirk. New bridges have been given the number of the old bridge they replaced or have been assigned the nearest bridge number with an added letter or letters.
The Leamington Lift Bridge, Viewforth Bridge, railway bridges and foot bridges are not numbered.
Most of these photographs are copyright Martine Stead and we are grateful for her permission to include them.
The Leamington Lift Bridge, Viewforth Bridge, railway bridges and foot bridges are not numbered.
Most of these photographs are copyright Martine Stead and we are grateful for her permission to include them.
- Aqueduct
- Aqueduct 2
- Aqueduct 3
- Aqueduct trip
- Bridge
- Bridges
- LUCS B0010 Leamington Lift Bridge
Leamington Lift bridge was originally at Fountainbridge when the canal went as far as Port Hamilton and Port Hopetoun canal basins. It was moved to its present site after the basins were closed in 1922 - LUCS B0020 Viewforth Bridge
Viewforth Bridge has Glasgow coat of arms on its west side. It does not have a number as it was built after the canal opened in 1922 - LUCS B0021 Viewforth Detail
Glasgow coat of arms on west side Viewforth Bridge - LUCS B0022 Viewforth Detail
Edinburgh coat of arms on east side of Viewforth Bridge - LUCS B0101 Yeaman Place
Bridge 1 - Yeaman Place - LUCS B0201 Harrison Park
Bridge 2 - Harrison Park - LUCS B0301 Ashley Terrace
Bridge 3 - Ashley Terrace - LUCS B0302 Ashley Terrace
Bridge 3 - Ashley Terrace - LUCS B0401 Meggetland New
Bridge 4a - Meggetland new bridge - LUCS B0411 Meggetland Old
Bridge 4 - Meggetland old bridge, now a footbridge - LUCS B0412 Meggetland Old
Bridge 4 - Meggetland old bridge which is now a footbridge - LUCS B0421 Allanpark Footbridge
Allanpark footbridge which has no bridge number - LUCS B0431 Redhall Footbridge
Redhall footbridge has no number. The bridge originally carried the Balerno railway branch line which left the adjacent Edinburgh to Carstairs line at a junction close to this bridge and is now a cyclepath following the Water of Leith to Balerno - LUCS B0441 Kingsknowe Rail
This railway bridge at Kingsknowe has no number. It carries the Edinburgh to Carstairs line over the canal. At the Slateford aqueduct, 0.6 miles to te east, the railway is a similar height below the canal as it is above the canal at this bridge. - LUCS B0502 Kingsknowe Road
Bridge 5 - Kingsknowe Road. The canal was blocked here before the opening of the Millenium link - LUCS B0511 Dumbryden Road
Bridge 5aa - Dumbryden Road looking west. Prior to the opening of the Millenium link a mile of the canal through Wester Hailes had been filled in. This was the location of the eastern end of the blockage. The orginal bridge 5a can be seen immediately behind this bridge. This was one of six new road bridges and three new footbridges that were built when the blockage through Wester Hailes was removed in 2001 - LUCS B0520 Hailes
Bridge 5a - Hailes Bridge looking east. This original stone arched bridge was buried inside the Dumbryden Road embankment that blocked the canal at the eastern end of Western Hailes until the blockage was removed. It now is used as a footbridge. Immediately behind it, is the new Dumbryden Road Bridge 5AA. - LUCS B0601 Hailesland Park
Bridge 6 - Hailesland Park. One of six new road bridges and three footbridges built when the one mile canal blockage through Wester Hailes was removed in 2001. - LUCS B0611 Walkers Access
Bridge 6a - Walkers Access Bridge looking east. One of six new road bridges and three footbridges built when the one mile canal blockage through Wester Hailes was removed in 2001 - LUCS B0612 6A Walkers Access Road
Bridge 6a - Walkers Access Bridge looking east. One of six new road bridges and three footbridges built when the one mile canal blockage through Wester Hailes was removed in 2001 - LUCS B0621 Walkers Footbridge
Walkers Footbridge looking east. This unnumbered footbridge is one of three new footbridges and six new road bridges that were built when the one mile canal blockage through Wester Hailes was removed in 2001 - LUCS B0631 Clovenstone Road
Bridge 6b - Clovenstone Road looking east. This was one of six new road bridges and three new footbridges that were built when the one mile canal blockage through Wester Hailes was removed in 2001. - LUCS B0641 Greenways Footbridge
Greenways Footbridge looking west. This unnumbered footbridge is one of three new footbridges and six new road bridges that were built when the one mile canal blockage through Wester Hailes was removed in 2001 - LUCS B0651 Murrayburn Footbridge
Murrayburn Footbridge. This unnumbered footbridge is one of three new footbridges and six new road bridges that were built when the one mile canal blockage through Wester Hailes was removed in 2001