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Westburn Viaduct

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Scotland announced a project to refurbish the bridge as a walking and cycling route across the river, inviting consultation from locals (with some residents on both sides objecting to the plans due to the recent history of violence associated with the route being accessible to rival youths).
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involving youths from Westburn and Carmyle escalated into serious violence in 2012, the barriers were further reinforced to prevent the bridge being used by the youths to approach their rivals’ territory.
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The bridge was officially closed and fenced-off, although for some years it was still accessible to pedestrians determined enough to overcome the barriers. After
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was made in 1904. The passenger train services using the bridge ended in 1964, although freight services, mostly serving
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Between 2013 and 2015 a project to add illumination to the bridge developed with input by pupils from local schools (
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Fencing blocking off the bridge from the south bank (before the most recent effective fortifications were added)
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New project could see walking and cycling link created for Carmyle - Westburn bridge
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Index


River Clyde
Carmyle
Glasgow
Westburn
Cambuslang
South Lanarkshire
Glasgow Central Railway
Carmyle
Newton
Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway

Kirkhill
Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
Clydebridge Steelworks
Clyde Iron Works
gang disorder
Bannerman HS
Trinity HS
Cathkin HS
Sustrans
List of lattice girder bridges in the United Kingdom
List of railway bridges and viaducts in the United Kingdom
"Record and images for Carmyle Railway Viaduct"
Canmore.org
Westburn (Carmyle) Viaduct
"Police swoop to arrest thugs as young as 13 after brutal gang battle"
Daily Record
Rutherglen Reformer
"Teenagers arrested as police crack down on gangs"

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