A BARGE carrying the span of a new Glasgow bridge had to berth at Greenock after strong winds prevented it being towed up river.
The port authority advised that the wind conditions made it unsafe for the barge carrying the bridge span to travel up the Clyde on Friday. It went alongside at the Ocean Terminal overnight.
The barge travelled to Yorkhill Quay on Saturday. | Photos of the barge in Glasgow
The span is for a new pedestrian/cycle bridge over the River Clyde between Water Row in Govan and Pointhouse Quay in Partick, re-establishing the historic connection between the areas.
It left Westdorpe in the Netherlands on 7 October. It was constructed in Belgium, before being transported along canals to Holland at which point the pylon and cabling was installed prior to sailing to the Clyde estuary and up the river.
The bridge span is six metres wide and was fabricated in two parts: the moving span, which weighs 650 tonnes, is 99 metres long and which will use the South Pier (at Water Row) as its access; and the fixed span, which weighs 45 tonnes and is 15.7 metres long.
The £29.5million Govan – Partick Bridge project is a Glasgow City Region City Deal project, funded by the Scottish and UK Governments. The Glasgow City Region City Deal will see both governments provide £500million of funding for infrastructure projects.
