Clyde Bridge

Clyde Bridge
Clyde Bridge
	Clyde Bridge
Coordinates	55°46′59″N 4°00′54″W / 55.7830°N 4.0149°W
Carries	vehicles
Crosses	River Clyde
Locale	Motherwell, Scotland
Characteristics
Material	Steel
Location
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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]

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.^[2] 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.^[3]^[4]

References

^ Clyde Bridge, between Hamilton and Motherwell, under construction. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north-west., Canmore. Retrieved 17 March 2022
^ Engineering Lanarkshire: Motherwell Bridge, Culture NL. Retrieved 17 March 2022
^ "Clyde Bridge". Sabre-Roads. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
^ "Clyde Bridge repairs". South Lanarkshire Council. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2013.

[1] Clyde Bridge, between Hamilton and Motherwell, under construction. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north-west., Canmore. Retrieved 17 March 2022

[2] Engineering Lanarkshire: Motherwell Bridge, Culture NL. Retrieved 17 March 2022

[Clyde_Bridge-3] "Clyde Bridge". Sabre-Roads. Retrieved 11 August 2013.

[Clyde_Bridge_repairs-4] "Clyde Bridge repairs". South Lanarkshire Council. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2013.

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v t e River Clyde, Scotland
Administrative areas	South Lanarkshire North Lanarkshire Glasgow City West Dunbartonshire Renfrewshire Inverclyde Argyll and Bute
Flows into	Firth of Clyde, then North Channel
Settlements (upstream to downstream)	Elvanfoot Abington Symington New Lanark Lanark Wishaw Motherwell Hamilton Bothwell Uddingston Cambuslang Rutherglen Glasgow Renfrew Clydebank Old Kilpatrick Dumbarton Port Glasgow Greenock Helensburgh Gourock Dunoon
Major tributaries (upstream to downstream by confluence)	Daer Water Potrail Water Duneaton Water North Medwyn River South Medwyn River Douglas Water Mouse Water River Nethan Avon Water South Calder Water North Calder Water Rotten Calder River Kelvin River Cart River Leven
Major bridges and crossings (upstream to downstream)	Elvanfoot Viaduct Elvanfoot Motorway Bridge Elvanfoot Bridge Camps Road Bridge Crawford Viaduct Abington Bridge Wandel Road Bridge Clyde's Bridge Lamington Viaduct Lamington Bridge Wolfclyde Bridge Thankerton Bridge Pettinain Bridge Hyndford Bridge Bonnington Weir Clydesholm Bridge Kirkfieldbank Bridge Crossford Bridge Garrion Bridge Camp Viaduct Clyde Bridge Raith Bridge East Kilbride Expressway Bridge Bothwell Bridge David Livingstone Memorial Bridge Uddingston Footbridge Uddingston Viaduct Haughhead Bridge Westburn Viaduct Clydeford Bridge Cambuslang Bridge Bogleshole Road Bridge Clydebridge Viaduct Auchenshuggle Bridge Cuningar Loop Footbridge Dalmarnock Bridge Dalmarnock Railway Bridge Shawfield Smartbridge Rutherglen Bridge Polmadie Bridge King's Bridge St. Andrew's Suspension Bridge Pipe Bridge and Weir Albert Bridge City Union Bridge Victoria Bridge South Portland Street Suspension Bridge Glasgow Bridge Caledonian Railway Bridge George V Bridge Tradeston Bridge Kingston Bridge Clyde Arc Bell's Bridge Millennium Bridge Govan–Partick Bridge Clyde Tunnel Renfrew Ferry Erskine Ferry Erskine Bridge
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