Archaeology Notes

Event ID 815311

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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Built in 1952 this cantilevered fabricated-steel footbridge provided a river crossing across the River Clyde, connecting Bothwell (to the east) with Blantyre. The footbridge comprised of a cantilevered truss at each side, supporting a bow-truss girder at the centre. The two cantilevers were supported on tall fabricated steel piers, each standing on a concrete plinth, and there were small rubble-built abutments at each end of the bridge. The steelwork was comprised mainly of trusses of rivetted angle-section mild steel, some of the larger members bearing the name 'Dorman Long, Middlesborough'.

At the time of visit, by RCAHMS in April 1999, the bridge had been declared dangerous, and was closed pending replacement with a new bridge. The work was due to take place during summer 1999.

Historic Scotland List: Item 89, Date of Construction 1952, engineers Bone, Connell & Baxter

Information from site visit, 27 April 1999

Visited by RCAHMS(MKO), April 1999.

This bridge sat astride the parish boundaries of Blantyre (Hamilton) and Bothwell.