Half of impressive new River Clyde bridge arrives in Glasgow

Part of the £117million Clyde Waterfront and Renfrew Riverside project, the Renfrew Bridge will connect Renfrew with Yoker and Clydebank.

The opening structure will open up work, health, education and leisure opportunities on both sides of the Clyde – with the potential for thousands of additional jobs, investment and developments brought to the riverside.

The part to arrive first was the South section of the 184-metre cable-stayed twin-leaf bridge and it travelled for seven days on a barge across the English Channel and Irish Sea having been fabricated in the Netherlands.

It will now be installed ahead of the North section's arrival next month.

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The structure leaving Rotterdam (Image: Supplied)

Artist impression of future development (Image: Supplied)

Renfrewshire Council leader Iain Nicolson said: “It’s fantastic to see the first section of the bridge arrive in Renfrew and the project take a significant step forward as this is going to be transformational for the local area, wider Renfrewshire and the city region.

“The opportunities that the new bridge, and its new connecting roads and active travel routes, will offer communities and businesses are exponential and the project as a whole will provide a substantial boost to the economy and attract more jobs to the area – in addition to more than 950 already created during the construction phase.

“With this project linking into the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District Scotland (AMIDS) at Netherton next to Glasgow Airport, it is an exciting time for Renfrewshire and outlines the council’s continued ability to deliver nationally significant infrastructure projects successfully.”