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Latitude: 55.9193 / 55°55'9"N
Longitude: -3.3216 / 3°19'17"W
OS Eastings: 317504
OS Northings: 670373
OS Grid: NT175703
Mapcode National: GBR LF52.75S
Mapcode Global: WH6SQ.YHG0
Plus Code: 9C7RWM9H+P9
Entry Name: Mid Hermiston Bridge, Union Canal
Listing Name: Union Canal, Mid Hermiston Bridge, Bridge No 11
Listing Date: 31 January 1981
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 365134
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB27802
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Union Canal, Mid Hermiston Bridge
ID on this website: 200365134
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: Pentland Hills
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Bridge
Hugh Baird, engineer. Circa 1820. Single span bridge. Coursed sandstone with ashlar dressings. Segmental-arch bridge with hog's back profile; dressed voussoirs and soffit. Advanced keystone with '11' inscribed. String course. Plain clairvoyee railings between parapet walls, ashlar slab coping.
The Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal was designed by Hugh Baird and was built from 1818-22. The bridge is located at rear NNE of Hermiston House and is no longer in use. The bridge is identical to Hermiston Bridge (no 12) to W.
Scheduled Monument.
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