Abbey Bridge

Abbey Bridge is grade B listed road-bridge over the White Cart Water in the centre of Paisley in Scotland.

It is a beam bridge having two 16.5 meters (54 ft) spans resting at each extreme on masonry-faced concrete abutments, and supported in the centre by a slender masonry pier.

The roadway superstructure comprises six steel-plate girders, whilst the footpaths are supported by Warren trusses originally of wrought iron, but latterly of steel plate.

The bridge has ornamented parapets incorporating polychrome reliefs of the town’s arms; and facias, originally of cast iron, but latterly replaced by ductile iron cast from the patterns of the originals, on which are mounted gothic lamps manufactured by the Saracen Foundry.

The re-opened bridge, incorporating programmable-colour architectural lighting, has been painted red with gilt highlighting to replace a prior uniform grey colour scheme.