Queen Margaret Bridge, Queen Margaret Drive, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 28 July 1987. Bridge.
Queen Margaret Bridge, Queen Margaret Drive, Glasgow
- WRENN ID
- steep-cobble-marsh
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Glasgow City
- Constituency
- Glasgow North MP: Martin Rhodes (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 28 July 1987
- Type
- Bridge
- OS grid reference
- NS 570 675
- Coordinates
- 55.8795, -4.28631
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Queen Margaret Bridge, built between 1926 and 1929, is a three-arch bridge that spans the River Kelvin at Queen Margaret Drive in Glasgow. The bridge is constructed from reinforced concrete and is faced with polished red sandstone, featuring a solid red granite parapet.
The main segmental arch crosses the river, while subsidiary round arches provide access over the Kelvin Walkway. These lesser arches are set within boldly banded masonry and topped with a cornice, resembling a triumphal arch. The solid polished granite parapet is complemented by balustraded parapets linking the piers over the subsidiary arches. The bridge has wide, curved splayed approaches on both sides.
Local climate
Queen Margaret Bridge, Queen Margaret Drive, Glasgow sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,290 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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