Union Railway Bridge, Clyde Street, Glasgow

The Union Railway Bridge, located on Clyde Street in Glasgow, was rebuilt between 1898 and 1902 by engineer William Melville and contractors Brassey and Co. It was constructed to serve the extended St Enoch Station, replacing an earlier bridge built between 1864 and 1867.

This five-arch bridge spans the River Clyde between the Albert and Victoria Bridges. It features a pair of bull-faced granite cylindrical piers that support a steel arch bridge structure. At the springing point, the granite piers support red sandstone piers that rise to elaborately corbelled and decorated embattled turrets above the parapet level. The turrets are octagonal, while those flanking the bridge at the abutments are square in section. The parapets are made of cast iron with a traceried motif.

The bridge crosses the road with single lattice girder straight spans, and the track is carried on a brick arched embankment. There are 16 arches extending between Adelphi Street, and a complex block of arches runs to the north, between Clyde Street and Bridgegate. In 1988, the bridge underwent extensive restoration work, which included stone cleaning and the replacement of fallen masonry.