Albert Bridge, River Clyde, Glasgow is a Grade A listed building in the local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 March 1977. Bridge.
Albert Bridge, River Clyde, Glasgow
- WRENN ID
- ragged-bracket-lichen
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Constituency
- Glasgow East MP: John Grady (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 22 March 1977
- Type
- Bridge
- OS grid reference
- NS 594 644
- Coordinates
- 55.85263, -4.24734
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Albert Bridge is a three-span bridge over the River Clyde in Glasgow, designed by architects and engineers Bell and Miller and constructed by contractors Hanna, Donald and Wilson between 1868 and 1871. It was built to replace an earlier bridge from 1829 to 1833. The bridge features polished ashlar springers and hexagonal cutwaters that rise to polished red granite piers topped with corbelled grey granite caps. Each span is supported by eight wrought-iron ribs, a beaded arch ring, and decorative cast-iron pierced spandrels that display the City coats of arms.
The square end piers are adorned with bronze profile medallions of Prince Albert and Queen Victoria. The bridge has a bracketed parapet with a pierced balustrade made of cast iron, featuring the coat of arms of Glasgow at the center. Intermediate granite piers include plaques that acknowledge the architects, Bell and Miller, MICE.
Local climate
Albert Bridge, River Clyde, Glasgow sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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