These excellent photos from Gordon Cook show the completion of the East Kilbride Expressway at Bothwell Bridge. Taken in 1981 into 1982, the photos show the completed new A725 concrete cantilevered bridge that we know so well today, leading down to the Raith Interchange. This saw the A725 fully joined up between Raith and […]
I was looking recently at an old plate photo by Andrew Guthrie dating from around 1870. However, this picture of the bridge gives me a REAL headache and keeps bringing me back to a subject I’m been previously too shy to propose in public. You’ll think i’m crazy as its often been written that Bothwell Bridge was an […]
These remarkable photos date from 1981, as construction commenced on the third and final phase of the East Kilbride Expressway from Auchinraith down to Raith. In particular, these photos are of Bothwell Bridge, looking towards Hamilton. If you look closely, you’ll see the excavators beginning to undertake work at the former Lido Park, removing […]
This lovely photo is of Bothwell Bridge and the Lido. It shows the newly constructed gardens, perhaps the reason the photo was taken and how well kept they were. This photo is just one from a series of photos taken by John Young’s Uncle in 1939, during a cycle tour. How amazing he took […]
Had to share this lovely photo of Bothwell Bridge that local photographer Jim Brown took in early January 2017. Looking very beautiful in a Winter’s evening the modern lights combined with the old architecture of the bridge spanning the River Clyde. We’re lucky to have this on our doorstep.
This wonderful photo originated from Kenneth McVicar and came to me via Historic Hamilton. In the early 1960’s an accident involving a lorry and the side of the Bothwell Bridge took place. Whilst nobody was injured too badly, the contents of the lorry spilled out over the bridge and into the River Clyde below. […]
I like this photo of Bothwell Bridge. I suspect it was taken to celebrate the building of the monument of the Battle of Bothwell Bridge. The monument was built in 1903 using money raised by public subscription. You’ll see the lack of vehicular traffic and indeed, the lack of any tram standards, meaning the […]