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South Portland Street Suspension Bridge. The South Portland Street Suspension Bridge is a suspension-type footbridge across the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland linking the City Centre on the north side to the Laurieston and Gorbals districts on the south side. View looking south on the bridge, showing cables
The village of Gorbals, known once as Bridgend, being at the south end of the bridge over the Clyde towards Glasgow Cross, had been pastoral with some early trading and mining. Thanks to the inventions of James Watt and others, the Industrial Revolution resulted in a major expansion of Glasgow during the nineteenth century.
Gorbals: A74: St Andrews Suspension Bridge [13] 1855 A: Glasgow Green: Tidal Weir [14] 1852 ... AKA Squinty Bridge Harbour Tunnel: 1896 Glasgow Disused Bell's Bridge ...
Mostly residential, it is situated directly south of the River Clyde and forms part of the wider historic Gorbals district, which is covered by the Southside Central ward under Glasgow City Council. The area is linked to Glasgow Green public park on the north side of the river by St. Andrew's Suspension Bridge and King's Bridge.
Gorbals station closed to passengers permanently on 1 June 1928. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] The line through the station remained open and in constant use until St Enoch closed to passenger traffic on 27 June 1966. Freight traffic continued until 1973, when the section from Langside Junction was closed and dismantled.
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Albert Bridge: Saltmarket and Gorbals: 1871: Cat A: Road bridge ; adjacent to City Union Bridge: Auchenshuggle Bridge: Auchenshuggle and Clydebridge: 2011: Motorway bridge, carries M74 over Clyde; footpaths (Clyde Walkway / National Cycle Route 75 on underside) Bell's Bridge: Pacific Quay and SECC: 1988
The A730 starts at Gorbals Cross in the Laurieston neighbourhood just south of the River Clyde; it is a continuation of the road flanked by Glasgow Sheriff Court and Glasgow Central Mosque that crosses the river on the Victoria Bridge, designated as an 'arm' of the A8 although marked on some maps as the A730.