Millennium Bridge, Glasgow

Millennium Bridge, Glasgow

The Millennium Bridge is a pedestrian footbridge over the River Clyde in the city of Glasgow, built as part of the 2000 New Millennium celebrations and funded by the Millennium Commission. The Bridge links the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre with the Glasgow Science Centre and Pacific Quay development to the south.

The bridge was opened to the public in 2002.


Next crossing upstream River Clyde Next crossing downstream
Bell's Bridge  Millennium Bridge Erskine Bridge 
v · d · eRiver Clyde, Scotland
Administrative areas
Flows into
Firth of Clyde, then North Channel
Towns
(upstream to downstream)
Elvanfoot · Abington · Symington · New Lanark · Lanark · Wishaw · Motherwell · Hamilton · Bothwell · Uddingston · Rutherglen · Glasgow · Renfrew · Clydebank · Bearsden · Old Kilpatrick · Dumbarton · Port Glasgow · Greenock · Helensburgh · Gourock · Dunoon
Major tributaries
(upstream to downstream by confluence)
Daer Water · Potrail Water · Duneaton Water · Medwin Water · Douglas Water · Mouse Water · River Nethan · Avon Water · South Calder Water · North Calder Water · River Kelvin · River Cart · River Leven
Major bridges
(upstream to downstream)

Garrion Bridge · Dalmarnock Bridge · Dalmarnock Railway Bridge · Rutherglen Bridge · Polmadie Bridge · King's Bridge · St. Andrew's Suspension Bridge · Pipe Bridge and Weir · Albert Bridge · City Union Bridge · Victoria Bridge · South Portland Street Suspension Bridge · Glasgow Bridge · Caledonian Railway Bridge · George V Bridge · Tradeston Bridge · Kingston Bridge · Clyde Arc · Bell's Bridge · Millennium Bridge · Erskine Bridge

Longest UK rivers: 1. Severn 2. Thames 3. Trent 4. Great Ouse 5. Wye 6. Ure/Ouse 7. Tay 8. Spey 9. Clyde 10. Tweed 11. Avon 12. Nene 13. Eden 14. Dee

Coordinates: 55°51′33″N 4°17′33″W / 55.8593°N 4.2924°W / 55.8593; -4.2924


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