Kingston Bridge | |
|---|---|
 Kingston Bridge, looking eastward up the River Clyde. | |
| Coordinates | 55°51′19″N 4°16′12″W / 55.85528°N 4.27000°W |
| Carries | Motor vehicles only (motorway bridge) |
| Crosses | River Clyde |
| Locale | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Official name | Kingston Bridge |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Balanced cantilever with triple-cell segmented prestressed concrete box girders Designer: William Fairhurst Contractor: Logan-Marples Ridgway |
| Width | Dual five-lane carriageway each carriageway: 21 metres (69 ft) |
| Longest span | 143 m (470 ft) (side spans 62.5 m) |
| History | |
| Opened | 26 June 1970 (54 years ago) |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 150,000 vehicles |
| Toll | Free |
| Location | |
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The Kingston Bridge is a balanced cantilever dual-span ten lane road bridge made of triple-cell segmented prestressed concrete box girders crossing the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland.
Carrying the M8 motorway through the city centre, the Kingston Bridge is one of the busiest bridges in Europe, carrying around 150,000 vehicles every day.[1][2][3]
- ^ "BBC News | Scotland | Bridge traffic flows again". news.bbc.co.uk. 30 October 1999.
- ^ "Scottish Government Tolled Bridges Review 2004".
- ^ "Traffic statistics (1975-2015)". Glasgow motorway archive.