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.
- LUCS B0661 Murrayburn Road
Bridge 6c - Murrayburn 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 B0701 Wester Hailes
Bridge 7 - Wester Hailes 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 B0711 Westburn Footbridge
Westburn footbridge looking east. This bridge is not numbered and is close to the western end of the one-mile canal blockage through Wester Hailes which was removed in 2001. - LUCS B0721 A71
Unnumbered bridge which carries the A71 over the canal looking north. - LUCS B0801 Old Glasgow Road
Bridge 8 - Old Glasgow Road looking south. - LUCS B0811 Cultins Road
Bridge 8a - Cultins Road looking north. This provides access to the Ford car showroom. - LUCS B0901 Easter Hermiston
Bridge 9 - Easter Hermiston. Photograph is looking west from the Scott Russell aqueduct over the Edinburgh City By Pass. - LUCS B0902 Easter Hermiston
Bridge 9 - Easter Hermiston looking east. The Scott Russell aqueduct over the Edinburgh City By Pass can be seen beyond the bridge. - LUCS B1001 Hermiston
Bridge 10 - Hermiston looking east - LUCS B1011 Gogar Station Road
Bridge 10a - Gogar Station Road looking east - LUCS B1101 Bridge 11 Long Hermiston
Bridge 11 - Long Hermiston looking west - LUCS B1201 West Hermiston
Bridge 12 - West Hermiston looking east - LUCS B1301 Jaw Bridge
Bridge 13 - Jaw looking east - LUCS B1401 Gogar Moor
Bridge 14 - Gogar Moor looking east - LUCS B1501 Ratho
Bridge 15 - Ratho looking east - LUCS B1511 Climbing Centre
Unnumbered bridge for the access road to the Indoor Rock Climbing Centre looking east. The centre opened in 2003 and is located in an old quarry. - LUCS B1601 Nelfield
Bridge 16 - Nelfield looking east - LUCS B1701 Clifton
Bridge 17 - Clifton looking east - LUCS B1801 Clifton Hall
Bridge 18 - Clifton Hall looking east - LUCS B1901 Broomflats
Bridge 19 - Broomflats looking west - LUCS B2001 Muirend
Bridge 20 - Muirend looking east - LUCS B2011 Rail Bridge
Unnumbered railway bridge carrying the Edinburgh to Bathgate railway looking west - LUCS B2101 Kilpunt
Bridge 21 - Kilpunt looking east - LUCS B2111 M8
Bridge 21a - M8 looking north. The motorway, which opened in 1971, blocked the canal. This blockage was removed when this new bridge opened on 7th May 2000. - LUCS B2112 21A M8 Keystone
Bridge 21a - M8 . The motorway, which opened in 1971, blocked the canal. This blockage was removed when this new bridge opened on 7th May 2000. - LUCS B2113 21A M8 Detail
Bridge 21a - M8 . The motorway, which opened in 1971, blocked the canal. This blockage was removed when this new bridge opened on 7th May 2000. - LUCS B2114 21A M8
Bridge 21a - M8 looking north. The motorway, which opened in 1971, blocked the canal. This blockage was removed when this new bridge opened on 7th May 2000. - LUCS B2201 Learielaw
Bridge 22 - Learlielaw looking east - LUCS B2202 Learielaw
Bridge 22 - Learielaw looking west - LUCS B2301 Drumshoreland
Bridge 23 - Drumshoreland looking east