This Is My GlasgowAug 16, 2024

The South Portland Street Suspension Bridge in central Glasgow. Designed by Alexander Kirkland and George Martin, it was built in 1851 to replace an earlier wooden footbridge. When it first opened it cost a halfpenny to cross it.

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Show threadBodhipaksaAug 16, 2024
@thisismyglasgow I lived in Glasgow for many years and I don't remember this bridge at all! I'm beginning to suspect you're reporting from an alternative fork in Glasgow's history!
Show threadThis Is My GlasgowAug 16, 2024
@bodhipaksa That is always possible! 🤣🤣🤣. You may well just not recognise it from this angle 👍🙂
Show threadBodhipaksa
@thisismyglasgow I never used to go down to the river much, but I'm starting to think I saw it, but it was blocked off. Was it out of commission for a long time? (Late 70's to mid-90's, this would have been.)
Aug 16, 2024 at 3:46pmWeb