Footbridge over Barrhead Road
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Footbridge over Barrhead Road by Lairich Rig as part of the Geograph project.
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Footbridge over Barrhead Road
Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 2 Sep 2005
The footbridge shown here is no longer present; it was gone by the end of 2006. At the time when I took the picture, the buildings on the far side included the Pollok Centre. The area has been redeveloped since then. On this occasion, I was crossing the bridge while on the way to the Pollok Kist (a community museum that I visited on the day), which is still based nearby. The footbridge was in line with the eastern side of Maidland Street (which is just to the north). A set of present-day traffic lights and a pedestrian crossing on Barrhead Road are where the footbridge used to be. Note the cleared area directly ahead, on the far side of the bridge; construction was then taking place: Image / Image What was being built was the Silverburn Shopping Centre, which opened a few years later: Image For views of the main road from the footbridge, see Image and Image
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Image Location
Latitude
55.82353
Longitude
-4.341023