Victoria Bridge, Glasgow

[4] By 1851 Glasgow's population had risen to 329,000[5] having doubled in the previous 25 years and the old bridge couldn't cope with current demands, and needed to be replaced.

[6][7] The bridge has five segmental arches which vary in span from 20.4 meters to the widest in the center, which measures 24.4 m wide.

The A814 (Clyde Street) begins at Saltmarket going west only, but becomes two-way after passing the north end of Victoria Bridge.

Most traffic crossing the river here either feeds west onto the A814 or carries on north-easterly on the Bridgegate, as the road straight on (Stockwell Street) soon becomes a bus gate, with private vehicles only able to access a few local premises and car parks.

South of the bridge, the designation becomes the A730 (Gorbals Street) which runs through the Gorbals district and on to Rutherglen (as mentioned above, it is a bus lane only at this point, with other southbound traffic using the nearby A728 Laurieston Road).