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PUPILS at a Glasgow primary school are flying the flag for the Bridge to Nowhere.

Today city residents can vote for an unfinished bridge to get £1million of Lottery
cash for a major completion project. Youngsters at St Patrick's Primary in Anderston
have already thrown their weight behind the project.

They have written to the council urging them to finish the footbridge which ends
abruptly in mid-air near the Marriot Hotel car park. It was originally part of a 1960s
planning scheme in which the bridge was to be the main pedestrian route across
the motorway to the Anderston shopping centre.

However plans for the shopping centre were shelved and work on the half completed
bridge was left in mid air - literally.

Today the bridge is up against a number of other projects, including the Eden
Project in Cornwall, bidding for a total of £50m of Lottery cash.

Pupils from St Patrick's decided to start lobbying early and wrote to Adam Bows of
the city council, who is in charge of moves to complete the bridge for pedestrians
and cyclists.

Imran Alcram, 10, wrote: "Please could you help us build the bridge to somewhere?

"It would make the community a lot happier."

Completing the Bridge to Nowhere is one of 79 schemes which form the Connect2 bid
by Sustrans, the United Kingdom's leading sustainable transport charity.

http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/display.var.1888109.0.0.php

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James H
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scallopboy · Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 9:58 am Post subject:

It will make a smashing location for some photos when it's finished.
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glasgowken · Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 8:20 am Post subject:

Jesus can't they just DO these things ?

All this faffing about with bids and competitions

james73 · Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:27 pm Post subject:

Lottery victory for Bridge to Nowhere

The Bridge to Nowhere is finally to become the Bridge to Somewhere.

The project, in the heart of Glasgow, today won a share of £50million - the biggest
UK Lottery grant ever awarded by public vote.

Around £1m will go towards completing the Glasgow bridge, which now stops
in mid-air near the Marriott Hotel. It was one of a number of schemes put forward
by sustainable transport charity Sustrans under the name Connect2 in a bid for
£50m of People's Millions money.

Residents across Britain were asked to vote for their favourite from a list which
included the Eden Project in Cornwall.

But today it was revealed Connect2 and the Bridge to Nowhere scooped 42% of
the 286,285 votes cast.

The bridge was originally part of a 1960s scheme, as the main pedestrian route
across the motorway to the Anderston shopping centre. However, plans for the
centre were shelved, and the half-completed bridge was left in mid-air.

James H
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Stuball · Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:40 pm Post subject:

Waste of money
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james73 · Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:53 pm Post subject:

The Lottery or the Bridge to Nowhere?

James H
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james73 · Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 7:02 pm Post subject:

Bridge back on track – at last !

GLASGOW is celebrating after winning a share of a £50million Lottery grant to
finish the city's Bridge To Nowhere.

It is the biggest UK Lottery grant awarded by a public vote, as revealed in later
editions of yesterday's Evening Times.

Around £1m will go towards completing the Glasgow bridge, which stops in mid-air
near the Marriott Hotel.

It was one of a number of schemes put forward by sustainable transport charity
Sustrans under the name Connect2 in a bid for the People's Millions money.

UK residents were asked to vote for their favourite from the Eden Project in
Cornwall; The Edge, Sherwood: The Living Legend; and the Black Country Urban
Park.

Connect2 and the Bridge To Nowhere got 42% of the 286,285 votes cast.

The bridge was part of a 1960s scheme as the main pedestrian route across
the motorway to the Anderston shopping centre. However, plans for the centre
were shelved, and the bridge left half-completed.

Sustrans said the Lotto award was "fantastic".

A spokesman added: "Now we begin working with the Big Lottery Fund to establish
the timetable for funding."

James H
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neilmc · Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 12:51 pm Post subject:

Here's a couple of photos I took in 1972 featuring the Bridge To Nowhere, which at that time seemed to be Going Somewhere:-

Note the Albany Hotel being built: Days Of The Future Passed.......

james73 · Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 4:37 pm Post subject:

Great pics neilmc.

James H
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Stuball · Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:08 pm Post subject:

I'm sure you used to be able to walk on the bridge... I could swear I've stood on it when I was a kid
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