Archaeology Notes

Event ID 846217

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/846217

NS66SW 959 c. 6061 6309

For successor and present bridge, see NS66SW 507.

The present Rutherglen Bridge (NS66SW 507) replaced a five-arched structure built in 1776.

J R Hume 1974.

The present Rutherglen Bridge (NS66SW 507) replaced the first Rutherglen Bridge, of five masonry arches, built 1774-5. Its engineer is said to have been James Watt during his early practice as a civil engineer.

E Williamson, A Riches and M Higgs 1990.

This bridge formerly carried a public road across the River Clyde between Rutherglen (to the S) and Dalmarnock (to the N). The river here forms the boundary between the parishes of Glasgow (to the N) and Govan (to the S).

The location cited for this bridge is inferred from that of the successor and present structure (NS66SW 507).

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 12 December 2005.