Glasgow, Maryhill Road, Garscube Bridge
Road Bridge (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glasgow, Maryhill Road, Garscube Bridge
Classification Road Bridge (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) River Kelvin; Killermont Bridge; Bearsden
Canmore ID 164795
Site Number NS57SE 54
NGR NS 55412 70615
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/164795
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
Killermont (Garscube) Bridge, Maryhill Road, 1925, Thomas Somers, City Engineer, with Considère Construction
An elegant double-span reinforced concrete segmental arch over the River Kelvin, replacing an earlier triple-span masonry bridge. Solid granite abutments and parapet.
Taken from "Greater Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Sam Small, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NS57SE 54 55412 70615
For adjacent (to NW) watermill, see NS57SE 67.00.
Garscube Bridge [NAT]
OS 1:1250 map, 1961.
This bridge carries Maryhill Road over the River Kelvin, which here forms the boundary between the parishes of Glasgow (to the SE) and New Kilpatrick (to the NW).
The cited location defines the centre of the span. The available map evidence indicates that the bridge extends from NS c. 55404 70638 to NS55424 70585.
This bridge is not noted by J R Hume (1974).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 December 2005.
The original bridge replaced by new one in 1925-9. The current bridge carries two, 36 inch pipes (Mugdock 2 and Mugdock 1) in the road deck, part of the Glasgow Corporation Waterworks.
Information from Jelle Muylle, engineer carrying out survey of sites and structures of the Glasgow Corporation Loch Katrine Waterworks scheme for RCAHMS, Historic Scotland funded, December 2007/January 2008.
