The viaduct was built in 1863 for the Berwick Railway and carried the branch line of the former North British Railway. This linked the East Coast Main Line with the Waverley Line.
Slender sandstone pillars tower 37m above the waters of the River Tweed and with 19 arches which all have identical spans of 13m.
This section of the line was damaged by floods in August 1945 resulting in its closure to passenger traffic but remained open to freight traffic until 1965.
Where the viaduct crosses the Tweed is close to where the Romans had a ford crossing for the road known as Dere Street.
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