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Clyde Arc, Finnieston Road Bridge, Photos, Design, Engineer
Finnieston Bridge - River Clyde : Information + Images
Bridge at Pacific Quay, Glasgow, Scotland by Gillespies
Major Glasgow bridge - opened 180906
Named the Clyde Arc

photos © keith hunter
New Clyde Bridge
Structure in place: Spring 2006
Construction commenced: May 2005
Completion: Sep 2006
Planning permission granted: 2003
Contractor: Edmund Nuttall Ltd
Designers: Halcrow Group / Gillespies
Cost Estimate: £20.3m

photo © keith hunter
Finnieston Road Bridge
Finnieston Bridge from the west:

building: photos © isabelle lomholt sep 2006
with lumix camera
Glasgow City Council - Bridge PR Oct 2005
Finnieston Bridge site at Pacific Quay: new BRIDGE built for
glasgow
Work to build a new 169-metre long road bridge across the River Clyde
- the first in over 35 years - is well underway. [Ed. New bridges
over the river were built in Cambuslang (at Clydeford Road) and at
Garrion Bridge (near Lanark) within that time. Indeed the Garrion
Bridge structure is fairly new.]
The £20.3m Finnieston Bridge will be a dramatic new landmark
for Glasgow, featuring a central arch span which crosses the river
at an angle between the roundabout at Broomielaw/Finnieston Street
and the south side of the river.
When complete, the bridge will accommodate four lanes; two dedicated
to public
transport and two for private and commercial traffic, with additional
pedestrian and cyclist paths. It will also allow for the provision
of a possible future Light Rapid Transit scheme.
The bridge is being built by Kilsyth based Edmund Nuttall Ltd and
is scheduled to be complete by July 2006. Construction started in
May this year and piling works for the bridge foundations are currently
taking place in the river using a large floating barge.
Other works currently in progress include the fabrication of the new
bridge
superstructure off-site, pre-casting of bridge deck concrete slab
units at the on
site pre-casting yard and foundation works for the bridge substructure
river piers
which features the use of large items of floating construction plant
in the river.
The bridge, jointly funded by Glasgow City Council and Scottish Enterprise
Glasgow, will offer an instantly recognisable gateway to the city
and improve public and private transport links to the city's new developments.
It will comprise a main span of 96 metres with two end spans of 36.5
metres.
Supports for the main span are located within the river with the abutments
located behind the existing quay walls. Central navigation headroom
at mean high water tide is 5.4 metres.
Finnieston Bridge from the north, nearing completion:

building: photos © adrian welch sep 2006
Clyde Arc - News Archive:
Finnieston Road Bridge
The so-called 'squinty bridge' by Gillespies carrying pedestrians
and four lanes of traffic across the River
Clyde at an oblique angle finally for the go-ahead from the City
Council.
08.11.02
Grasp the Clyde
Select quotes from the RIAS Conference on the Clyde:
Sebastian Tombs re Clyde
'You need to have an authority, created under Scottish legislation,
with powers to grasp the whole thing for the long-term'.
Tom McInally re Finniestoun Bridge
'The bridge could put much of that regeneration at risk'.
Show of hands re 'was bridge good enough for Glasgow'
almost total opposition
Rob Joiner, conference chairman
'It's unanimous - we are going to get a crap bridge, probably one
in the wrong place'.
04.12.02
RFAC Reports
Finnieston Bridge - Gillespies with Halcrow & Nuttall
Crown Street - residential development - CZWG Architects
http://www.royfinartcomforsco.gov.uk/oct02.html
Beeb Bridge Bother
Campaigners today launched a fight to stop an £8m road bridge being
built across the River Clyde. Scottish Enterprise Glasgow and Glasgow
City Council are building the four-lane slanting bridge as a gateway
to the multi-million-pound Pacific Quay
development. The BBC demanded the building of the bridge as part of
its move to new headquarters. But objectors have warned the arched
bridge - with a 17ft clearance above the water's highest point - is
far too low.
26.09.02
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Finnieston Bridge - page: adrian welch / isabelle
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