Bridge, Kelvin Way, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 December 1970. Bridge. 1 related planning application.

Bridge, Kelvin Way, Glasgow

WRENN ID
half-mortar-mint
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow North MP: Martin Rhodes (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 December 1970
Type
Bridge
OS grid reference
NS 569 662
Coordinates
55.86817, -4.28761
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is a river bridge built around 1919, located on Kelvin Way in Glasgow. It features four symmetrically placed bronze figure sculptures that represent Philosophy, Inspiration, Shipbuilding, and Industry, created by Paul Montford in 1918. The bridge was damaged during the war and was restored by Benno Schotz in 1951. It has a single span that is faced with ashlar stone and includes rusticated quoins and deep channelled piers that project forward. The parapet is designed with curving wing walls.

Local climate

Bridge, Kelvin Way, 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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