The company responsible for maintaining the Kingston Bridge have responded to concerns that a 'crack' has been spotted in the structure.
Video footage taken by a member of the public directly below the bridge on North Street shows daylight pouring through a small gap in the bridge, with cars passing over it.
The person responsible for the footage said that it "doesn't look very safe to an amateur eye", and was so concerned that they attempted to make contact with Traffic Scotland to share their concerns.
Despite the concerns, Amey, who maintain the southwest trunk road network on behalf of Transport Scotland, said that the gap is "always present" but appears to be more prominent while a rubber insert at road level has been removed for improvement works.
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A spokesman told Glasgow Live: “The form of construction employed on the Kingston Bridge approaches is very common to bridges constructed at that time. Many short spans are connected to make longer span structures.
"A gap exists between each short span to allow for expansion and contraction of the bridge deck components. In this instance, the concrete expands in warmer temperatures and contracts in cooler temperatures. The gap between the structures facilitates this range of movement. On the road surface, a special bridge expansion joint component is inserted to accommodate this movement.
"Amey is currently upgrading several of these expansion joints. The gap in question is always present and appears more prominent as the rubber insert in the expansion joint at road level has been removed as part of these improvement works. Daylight is therefore visible from under the structure. This rubber will be replaced; and the remainder of the improvement works will be complete within the next 2 to 3 weeks.
"The bridge continues to operate as normal, and as with all structures on the network is regularly monitored for reliability and safety.
"We thank the travelling public for their patience and understanding while this essential work is completed.”
