Squinty Bridge

Took a walk along the side of the Clyde at Springfield Quay this morning as it was such a beautiful day and managed to see the place on the north side of the river where the river wall has collapsed into the Clyde. I took some pictures of it, but they were not very interesting to look at so I didn't choose them for today's blip.

Instead I have gone for what has become a rather iconic structure since its completion; the Squinty Bridge. I know its official title is the Clyde Arc, but to be honest I have never heard anybody refer to it as anything other than the Squinty Bridge. If you look closely you can just see bits of the Bells bridge further along the Clyde.

On the right hand side the round, red brick building is the north Rotunda, which I believe was the entrance to the original Clyde tunnel. The crane is the Finnieston crane, which was often used when it was a working crane to lift locomotives that had been built in Springburn and hauled down to the Clyde, onto ships that would export them around the world. Most people in Glasgow will fondly remember when the sculptor George Wyllie created a large straw locomotive and it was hung from the crane. To the right of the crane, the grey box is a hotel and behind the crane you can see the Crowne Plaza hotel.

On the left hand side the tall structure is the tower at the science centre, which was built to rotate 360 degrees. I was fortunate enough to take a trip up to the top of the tower when it was in working order, but that was a rare event, unfortunately. The largest building on the left is the headquarters of the BBC in Scotland.