BRIDGE ACROSS CLYDE HITS CONSTRUCTION MILESTONE
ABRIDGE across the River Clyde to link Govan and Partick has reached a milestone in the building stage. When complete, the GovanPartick Bridge will go over the river from Water Row, close to Govan Cross, to the Riverside Museum at Pointhouse Quay.
The piling works on the south side of the bridge are now complete, providing the foundation for the southern end of the crossing.
In total, 95 piles have been completed, each pile 23 metres high, weighing four tonnes. They have been driven 14 metres below the riverbed level.
The project is to create a new pedestrian and cycle bridge over the Clyde to re- establish the historic link between the two areas.
Work began on the bridge in January this year and it is scheduled to be open by the spring of 2024.
Susan Aitken, leader of Glasgow City Council, said: “The GovanPartick Bridge is significant at a local, regional and national level as it will not only reconnect communities on both banks of the Clyde, but link major institutions and emerging regeneration projects along an arc between the West End and Greater Govan.
“We can look forward to watching the successful progress of the bridge as the project develops in 2023.”
It is hoped the bridge will help to regenerate areas on either side of the river and bring more investment to the communities.
The 110- metre- long bridge costing £ 29.5 million is being funded by the Glasgow City Region Deal, for which the Scottish and UK governments provided £ 500m each.
A ferry used to run between Govan and Partick until 1965 when it was stopped after the Clyde tunnel opened a little further downstream.