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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 845593
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/845593
NS47SE 70 46211 72415
Erskine Bridge [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1981.
Location formerly entered as NS 462 724 and NS 46106 72426.
For vertical air photographs at 1:24000 scale showing the bridge under construction, see Meridian Airmaps 80/70 082-3, flown 8 October 1970.
Information from RCAHMS (KMM), 12 December 2005.
Erskine Bridge carries the A898(T) public road across the River Clyde to the S of Old Kilpatrick, and forms the lowest crossing point of the river. The river here forms the boundary between the parishes of Erskine (to the S) and Old Kilpatrick (to the N). The bridge is set at a high level to allow the passage of shipping beneath, and there are toll booths at the N end.
The location cited defines the centre of the span. The available map evidence indicates that the bridge and its elevated approaches extend from NS c. 45819 72139 to NS c. 46952 72756. The N approach is particularly prolonged, crossing the Forth and Clyde Canal and several roads before joining Great Western Road (which here forms the A82) at an interchange.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 December 2005.
