THE new Govan-Partick bridge opened today with community festivals on both sides of the Clyde to celebrate the completion.

The £29.5million crossing is one of the longest opening pedestrian and cycle bridges in Europe and connects the Riverside Museum at Pointhouse Quay on the north of the river with Water Row in Govan on the south bank, where new flats have been built.

The crossing is built in two spans. The moving part weighs 650 tonnes and is 99 metres long and the fixed span weighs 45 tonnes and is 15 metres long.

It was funded by the Scottish and UK governments as part of the Glasgow City Deal.

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