Port Dundas Swing Bridge: The Old Swinger Glasgow, Scotland

While walking on a beautiful Sunday afternoon, I stumbled upon the old swinger bridge. What I enjoyed most is the water view and blue skies.

The Old Swinger swing bridge is located on the Glasgow branch of the Forth and Clyde Canal at North Canal Bank Street in Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

This is a decommissioned single-track swing bridge that once carried the Port Dundas Branch (Caledonian Railway) over the Forth and Clyde Canal from north Port Dundas Mid Wharf over the canal to North Spiers Wharf. The span swung from its south end.

There was a small goods shed on the north wharf Port Dundas Goods [CR] immediately to the north that was rail served.

There was a short siding at the southeast end of the bridge, approached from the southeast and on the north side of the line. This was to serve an oil store.

The bridge remained closed after falling into disuse as the canal was also out of use. It is now fixed open, having been restored in the 2000s.

The base of a signal post remains nearby on the north bank of the canal.

A double lifting road bridge is just to the east. Nearby is a beached barge that was recovered from the basin.

These photos were taken on June 9, 2024. I began my walk around the Old Swinger at 2:56 PM on a sunny Sunday afternoon.