The South Portland Street Suspension Bridge is a

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across the River Clyde in

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linking the City Centre on the north side to the Laurieston and

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districts on the south side. S Portland Street Suspension bridge in Glasgow looking south early April evening

The bridge, made from

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with arched sandstone towers at either end, has a suspension span of ; the bridge deck is wide. It was built between 1851 and 1853, replacing a temporary wooden bridge on the same site (used from 1832 to 1846) designed by Robert Stevenson. Its structure was modified in 1871 and it has been refurbished on several further occasions, including repair work by '' Sir William Arrol & Co.'' in 1926. The bridge is so named due to being the continuation of South Portland Street in Laurieston; however it is perpendicular to the better-known Carlton Place (a well-preserved

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terraces dating from the early 1800s) and so is sometimes known as ''Carlton Place Bridge'' or simply ''Glasgow Suspension Bridge'' although there is another bridge of this type upstream nearby. Both the bridge and the buildings of Carlton Place are

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