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The original bridge was completed in 1772, and was designed by William Mylne and built by civil engineer John Smeaton. [1] Its seven-arch structure was honoured by Thomas Telford , the first president of the Institution of Civil Engineers, who replaced it in 1833 [ 2 ] with a design built by John Gibb & Son for £34,000.
Glasgow Bridge, Kirkintilloch, the site of the Roman Fortlet and bridge over the Forth and Clyde Canal. Glasgow Bridge, Missouri over the Missouri River adjacent to a rail bridge. Topics referred to by the same term
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.
The Kingston Bridge is a balanced cantilever dual-span ten lane road bridge made of triple-cell segmented prestressed concrete box girders crossing the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland. Carrying the M8 motorway through the city centre, the Kingston Bridge is one of the busiest bridges in Europe, carrying around 150,000 vehicles every day.
The road bridge was built as a swing bridge. It now allows road users on the A803 to cross the canal. [3] The bridge links Cadder and Kirkintilloch and has undergone repairs over the years. When the canal was closed, the water at the bridge was run through a culvert. The bridge was reinstated in 1990, for the re-opening of the canal.
The construction replaced Bishop's bridge, with foundations 6 meters below those of the old bridge, and timber piles which were steam-driven a further 4 meters below that. [9] Named after Queen Victoria, when the bridge opened in 1854, Glasgow had one of the two widest bridges in Britain – London's widest at that time was only 54 feet (16 m ...
Glasgow A730 AKA Stockwell Bridge South Portland Street Suspension Bridge: 1851 A: Glasgow Glasgow Subway tunnel ...
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