kingston bridge glasgow history

A Strathclyde Police spokesman said: "We will be very interested in anything found during the dismantling of the bridge." Return to top The Kingston Bridge is a well-known part of the M8 motorway in Glasgow and the busiest bridge in Europe, carrying over 150k cars everyday over the River Clyde.

This is an odd attraction for Glasgow.

The 50th anniversary of the opening of the Kingston Bridge is being marked with a bid for it to be listed as a structure of historic and architectural interest.The Clyde river crossing, just outside Glasgow’s city centre, was opened on June 26 1970 by the Queen Mother.Over its decades at the heart of Scotland’s motorway network, it has carried millions of vehicles.Now, transport minister Michael Matheson has announced the bid for it to receive greater recognition.Mr Matheson said: “The Kingston Bridge has become an iconic landmark in Glasgow over the half century it’s been in operation.“The crossing played its part in taking a significant amount of traffic off the city centre streets and paved the way for the pedestrianisation of Sauchiehall Street, Buchanan Street and Argyle Street. ( Photograph courtesy of the Bobby Sinclair Collection. It consists of two independent parallel structures (which can clearly be seen here) each of which carries five lanes of traffic, and it has a central span of 470 feet. Repairs were carried out in 1999, when the bridge decks were raised so that repairs could be carried out on the support piers, and then were repositioned. The story goes that a number of notorious criminals who disappeared in the late 1960s were murdered and that their remains were buried in the concrete support piers or foundations of the bridge.

Because it was erected using the free-cantilever method there was no need for central support, which would have had to be sunk into the river bed and would have disrupted shipping movements.The bridge was never intended to carry the volumes of traffic that were crossing it by the late 1980s and in 1990 some serious defects were discovered. There is no doubt it continues to play a vital role, carrying around 155,000 vehicles a day.“The work that’s been carried out to ensure it continues to do this job in the future has also won civil engineering awards, so applying to have the Kingston Bridge listed seems a fitting way to mark its impact over the past 50 years.”The Glasgow Motorway Archive, in collaboration with Transport Scotland, is also releasing a number of previously unseen photos of the Kingston Bridge from the late 1960s and early 1970s.Stuart Baird from the Glasgow Motorway Archive said: “The Kingston Bridge was recognised as one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects ever undertaken in Scotland at the time, and it’s had a huge impact in shaping the city over the last five decades.“Listing the bridge doesn’t simply acknowledge its unique engineering and architectural features, it also recognises the work of the people that designed, built and maintained it over its first half-century of service.“The Glasgow Motorway Archive’s volunteers have really enjoyed this project, and look forward to sharing some brand new material on our social media channels, but we’re always keen to speak to people who worked on the bridge or other large roads projects across Scotland.”Transport Scotland has applied to Historic Environment Scotland to have the Kingston Bridge listed as a structure of historic and architectural interest.Elizabeth McCrone, Head of Designations at Historic Environment Scotland said: “The Kingston Bridge is a key part of Scotland’s first motorway and is one of the busiest road bridges in Europe.“Scotland has a strong heritage of engineering achievements and the Kingston Bridge was designed by W. A. Fairhurst & Partners, one of the leading civil engineering firms of the period.“We’d love to hear what the people of Scotland think about the proposal to recognise the Kingston Bridge as a listed structure and you can do this by going to our website and giving your views here.”Subscribe for only £5.49 a month and enjoy all the benefits of the printed paper as a digital replica.Get a round-up of stories from The Sunday Post every week

Glasgow Motorway Archive booklet chronicling the history of the Kingston Bridge Kingston Bridge book.

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