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Clyde Tunnel

Glasgow, Whiteinch to Linthouse, Lanarkshire.

Clyde Tunnel. From Whiteinch on the N bank to Linthouse on the S. Built 1957-64, but first planned just after the Second World War, when bridges over the navigable approach to the city could not be contemplated. Engineer Sir Wm Halcrow & Partners of London, whose associate architect E J D Mansfield designed the ventilation buldings and the landscaping of the approaches; contractor Charles Brand & Son Ltd. The planning consultant fot the Tunnel and Clydeside Expressway junction was William Holford & Associates.

A short tunnel of two seperate tubes, each containing two lanes of road traffic, and, under the road, a cycle track and pedestrian passage; one tube for northbound traffic, one for southbound.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Design by Sir A M Muir Wood. Main contractor, Charles Brand and Son Ltd.Ventilation buildings E J D Mansfield.