Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders
Date 2007
Event ID 605568
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/605568
This bridge, carrying Queen Margaret Drive over the Kelvin on a slight skew, was erected from 1926–29. It
comprises a 135 ft span reinforced concrete arch clad in red sandstone and is 80 ft wide. At river level there are small pedestrian arches through each abutment. It has similarities with the larger scale George V Bridge.
The engineers were Conside're Construction Ltd and T. P. M. Somers, City Engineer and the contractor, Wm.
Taylor & Son.
R Paxton and J Shipway 2007
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders' with kind permission of Thomas Telford Publishers.
