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General Information

Completion: 1988
Status: in use

Project Type

Location

Location: , ,
Crosses:
  • Clyde River
Coordinates: 55° 51' 31.08" N    4° 17' 21.10" W
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Technical Information

Dimensions

length of movable section 88 m

Materials

pylon steel
deck steel

Excerpt from Wikipedia

Bell's Bridge is a pedestrian bridge spanning the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland. Constructed in 1988 to coincide with the Glasgow Garden Festival, it allowed pedestrians to cross from the main exhibition site to the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre on the other side of the river.

The northern stub of the bridge is supported only by the quay, whereas the majority of the bridge consists of a cable-stayed span which can rotate through 90 degrees, providing two lanes of passage for river traffic either side. It is named for the Arthur Bell & Sons whisky company, who sponsored ist construction. The bridge was designed by Sir William Arrol & Co. And constructed by John Young and Company (Kelvinhaugh) Ltd.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Bell''s Bridge" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.

Participants

Initial construction
Design
Steel construction
Refurbishment
Structural engineering

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  • About this
    data sheet
  • Structure-ID
    20026271
  • Published on:
    19/02/2007
  • Last updated on:
    05/02/2016
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