Bridge connects Partick and Govan
A pedestrian and cycle bridge is going to reconnect the communities of Partick and Govan.
It was built in Belgium, shipped in from the Netherlands and arrived in the River Clyde on October 14 work is due to be completed in spring of 2024.
The bridge was due to arrive in the Clyde on the 13th but it was delayed at the last minute due to high winds and the bridge had to sit in Greenock for a day.
The bridge cost £30m and is 99m long, it is expected to make sustainable travel between Partick and Govan easier.
After this it sailed up the Clyde and passed many key sites where people watched the barge sail along with the 650 ton bridge.
Sean Lafferty the crane operator for the project has said:
“The construction is going very well and the site is very clean.
“I’m actually in with the mobile crane here just adjusting things round about for the bridge coming in.”
This was on the day that the bridge was meant to arrive before it was delayed and Lafferty said:
“I think that it is going to be coming up between 12 and 1 today.
“So once that comes up it will be all hands on deck I think.”
However, it was soon discovered that the arrival of the bridge would be delayed for a while.
He continued:
“Scheduling is going really well, I came on Tuesday and basically I am here to put things in the middle of the Pinto, you would call it.
“That’s the axis for the bridge to rotate. So I am taking things in and out of there.”
Many jobs will be created while it is being built as well as creating an easy active travel route between the two communities.
The bridge will also create a new active travel route between Glasgow University and the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.
City Deal
This is part of the Glasgow City Region City Deal which will fund major infrastructure projects.
The deal also will try to create many new local jobs which will help unemployed people get back to work including creating easier and more sustainable transport options.
Glasgow is the lead authority for this city deal and there are 4 main parts to this deal: Creating and improving infrastructure, growth in life science and life science facilities, giving small and medium businesses more of an opportunity to grow, and they also aim to tackle unemployment.
