Suspension Bridge, Elvanfoot

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 03/10/1991 Local Authority South Lanarkshire Planning Authority South Lanarkshire Parish Crawford NGR NS 95399 17601 Coordinates 295399, 617601 — Pedestrian suspension bridge of ambitious span. (approx 125ft/38.5m) over River Clyde, a circa 1900 replacement of the 17th century masonry bridge destroyed by flooding in 1890's. (This route is the ancient, pre-Telford, north-south road). Lattice truss span supported from lattice girder pylons, with wire-rope cables and stell rod suspenders. Steelwork bears letteirng "Lanarkshire Streel Co Ltd", and "Rowell/London" at cable tensioning points. Timber decking. Abutments are those of pre-existing bridge (bearing evidence of repairs carried out over the years), of rubble and ashlar; concrete facing and bedding co-eval with existing bridge. Fragments of early parapets, ashlar-coped and unequally skewed on plan, survive on west bank; coping over north parapet is possibly original (ie 17th century); 19th century coping over south parapet. Approach on east bank is wider, and heightened close to level of parapet coping. On each bank, steel steps leading up to bridge deck. — A good example of a wire-rope and truss suspension bridge, a type favoured for footbridges between the 1890's and the 1930's. Photographs of previous bridge held by Biggar Museum Trust.

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.