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Built as a condition for the BBC to move its Scottish studios to the Southside of Glasgow, it is the first major road crossing to be completed on the River Clyde for 30 years, considerably opening up the area for commercial development on both sides, linking Finnieston and Govan. It carries four lanes of traffic with pedestrian pavements on both sides, although this whole Clydeside area remains particularly pedestrian unfriendly. |
The days when the Clyde was a waterway for large ships sailing up river to Glasgow are well and truely over, this new, main road bridge having a clearance above the water of only 5.4 metres, effectively blocking a once working river, by preventing boats from moving upstream.There are two more bridges planned, one linking Tradeston and Anderston, and the other linking Springfield Quay with Lancefield Quay, as part of a massive development project planned to regenerate Glasgow.
The design of the main span of "The Squinty Bridge" (this name seems to have stuck) features a steel bowstring asymmetric tied arch, the bridge traversing the river at an oblique angle, to join the main roads on either side.
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