View source for Creag-an-Arnain Viaduct

{{Orphan|date=March 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2015}}
{{Infobox bridge
| bridge_name      = Creag-an-Arnain Viaduct
| native_name      =
| native_name_lang =
| image            = Railway Viaduct near Inveruglas geograph-3960116-by-David-Dixon.jpg
| image_size       =
| alt              =
| caption          =
| official_name    =
| other_name       =
| carries          = [[West Highland Line]]
| crosses          =
| locale           =
| owner            =
| maint            =
| id               =
| id_type          =
| website          =
| architect        =
| designer         =
| engineering      =
| winner           =
| contracted_designer =
| design           =
| material         = Whinstone
| length           = {{convert|104|m}}
| width            =
| height           =
| mainspan         = {{convert|11|m}}
| spans            = 8
| pierswater       =
| load             =
| clearance        =
| below            =
| life             =
| builder          =
| fabricator       =
| begin            =
| complete         =
| cost             =
| open             = 1894
| inaugurated      =
| traffic          =
| preceded         =
| followed         =
| heritage         =
| collapsed        =
| closed           =
| replaces         =
| map_cue          =
| map_image        =
| map_alt          =
| map_text         =
| map_width        =
| coordinates      = {{coord|56.25815|-4.70961|type:landmark_region:GB|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| extra            =
| references       =
}}
The '''Creag-an-Arnain Viaduct''' is a railway viaduct that carries the [[West Highland Line]].
==History==
The viaduct opened to traffic in 1894 as part of the West Highland Line between [[Glasgow]] and [[Fort William, Scotland|Fort William]].<ref name=can/> It may have been designed by [[James Miller (architect)|James Miller]].<ref name=hs>{{cite web |url=http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB864 |title=CREAG-AN-ARNAIN RAILWAY VIADUCT LB864 |publisher=Historic Scotland |accessdate=4 March 2019}}</ref>
==Design==
The viaduct has eight arches of {{convert|11|m}} span, for a total length of {{convert|104|m}}.<ref name=can>{{cite web |url=http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/129468/details/craig+an+arden+viaduct/
|title=Craig-an-Arden Viaduct |publisher=canmore.rcahms.gov.uk |accessdate=1 January 2015}}</ref> It has a slight curve, and crosses two unnamed burns on the western shore of [[Loch Lomond]].<ref name=can/>
It is the only conventional masonry viaduct on the West Highland line, many others being made of concrete.<ref>{{cite journal|title=The Skirl Revisited, 11th - 13th June, 1993 |url=http://docs.c37lg.co.uk/19930611-the-skirl-revisited.pdf |journal=Pathfinder Tours |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101163018/http://docs.c37lg.co.uk/19930611-the-skirl-revisited.pdf |archivedate=1 January 2015 }}</ref> It was built of stone arches instead of lattice girders, as many railway bridges were at the time, to avoid contemporary criticism.<ref name=can/>
==References==
{{commons category|Creag-an-Arnain Viaduct}}
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Railway bridges in Scotland]]
[[Category:Category B listed buildings in Argyll and Bute]]
[[Category:Listed bridges in Scotland]]
[[Category:Bridges in Argyll and Bute]]
[[Category:Bridges completed in 1894]]
[[Category:1894 establishments in Scotland]]