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The Clyde Arc (known locally as the Squinty Bridge) is a road bridge spanning the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland, connecting Finnieston near the SEC Armadillo and SEC with Pacific Quay and Glasgow Science Centre in Govan. Prominent features of the bridge are its innovative curved design, and that it crosses the river at an angle.
Glasgow A730 AKA Stockwell Bridge South Portland Street Suspension Bridge: 1851 A: Glasgow Glasgow Subway tunnel ...
Pages in category "Bridges in Glasgow" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Albert Bridge, Glasgow;
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The bridge is so named due to being the continuation of South Portland Street in Laurieston; however it is perpendicular to the better-known Carlton Place [3] (a well-preserved cobbled street of Georgian terraces dating from the early 1800s) and so is sometimes known as Carlton Place Bridge or simply Glasgow Suspension Bridge although there is ...
Bell's Bridge, viewed upstream of the Millennium Bridge.. Bell's Bridge is a pedestrian bridge spanning the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland.A swivelling swing bridge, it was constructed in 1988 to coincide with the Glasgow Garden Festival, it allowed pedestrians to cross from the main exhibition site to the SEC Centre on the other side of the river.
In the 13th century, Glasgow, then still a small town, built its first bridge over the river Clyde. This was an important step in its ability to eventually grow into a city. The establishment, in the 15th century, of both the University of Glasgow and the Archdiocese of Glasgow, vastly increased the importance of the town within Scotland.
The Great Western Road bridge over the River Kelvin on an overcast day (2007) Adjacent to the bridge is Kelvinbridge subway station on the Glasgow Subway - one of the deepest on the circuit due to the proximity of the river - on the south east-side of the bridge. This was also the location of Kelvinbridge railway station on the Glasgow Central ...