Clyde Bridge

This article is about the downstream road bridge across the Clyde. For the upstream road bridge, see Clyde's Bridge. For the steelworks, see Clydebridge Steelworks.

Clyde Bridge
Clyde Bridge
Coordinates	55°46′59″N4°00′54″W / 55.7830°N 4.0149°W / 55.7830; -4.0149
Carries	vehicles
Crosses	River Clyde
Locale	Motherwell, Scotland
Characteristics
Material	Steel
Location

Clyde Bridge, not to be confused with the similarly named Clyde's Bridge further upstream, is a road bridge built in 1932 spanning the River Clyde between Motherwell and Hamilton in Scotland. The bridge carries the A723 between the towns and also serves as access to a major interchange (Junction 6) of the M74 motorway. It replaced the earlier Hamilton Bridge nearby which had a different angle of crossing; ^{[1] [2]} remnants of its pillars can be seen in the river – most easily from the Clyde Bridge looking south – just downstream from the confluence with the Avon Water.

In 1953 a triumphal arch made of steel lattice grid manufactured by the local Motherwell Bridge Engineering Works was erected above the bridge on the Motherwell side to commemorate the Coronation of Elizabeth II. ^[3] It was removed in 1969. In 2011, South Lanarkshire Council undertook a £38,000 renovation of the steel girder bridge to strengthen the underwater supports, following Government advice after several bridges were washed away in flooding. ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. Clyde Bridge, between Hamilton and Motherwell, under construction. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north-west., Canmore. Retrieved 17 March 2022
2. OS 25-inch, 1892-1914, Explore Georeferenced Maps (National Library of Scotland)
3. Engineering Lanarkshire: Motherwell Bridge, Culture NL. Retrieved 17 March 2022
4. "Clyde Bridge". Sabre-Roads. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
5. "Clyde Bridge repairs". South Lanarkshire Council. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2013.