Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:59 am Post subject: Bridges over the River Clyde
Glasgow is made by the River Clyde but also divided by it. It was once the source of its wealth as merchants plied its waters trading goods overseas and shipbuilders earned their living building ships. Now it is a source of recreation but it still forms a source for wealth for the city by providing an open area free from buildings for the financial district as well as leisure and recreation developments along its banks. The bridges over the Clyde are the visible link for the north and south banks just as the ferries once were.
Some photos of the bridges over the Clyde from the Millennium bridge to the Dalmarnock bridge.
3 bridges for the price of one. Taken from the Millennium Bridge looking upstream to the Bells Bridge with the Glasgow Arc (aka Squinty Bridge in the distance)
Squinty bridge close up with the Titan Crane and Armadillo in the background
The Kingston Bridge carrying the M8 car park
Central Station railway bridge with the George V'th road bridge in the background and a bit of my finger in the foreground
Under Central Station bridge from the less fashionable south side
The old piers that once carried the original bridge into Central Station
Glasgow road bridge the main route south out of the city centre
Pedestrian suspension bridge
Victoria Bridge
The old St. Enoch Line rail bridge now used for freight
Albert Bridge now looking a bit tatty and in need of some paint
Weir on the Clyde
St. Andrew's Suspension Bridge
King's Bridge
So architecturally underwhelming I didn't even bother taking a photo
Pedestrian bridge from Richmond Park to Glasgow Green
Rutherglen Bridge with Shawfield stadium in the background
Railway bridge and the piers of the original bridge it replaced at Dalmarnock
Carrying on nicely from Alex's last photo above, here's Glasgow (Jamaica) Bridge, circa 1965:-
Oooh..thats fantastic. but its making me feel really old..I dont remember cars looking that old when I was 7 . Does any one know what the big modern out of place building is or was?
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. Does any one know what the big modern out of place building is or was?