Kelvinbridge
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Kelvinbridge is a district of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is in the vicinity of Hillhead in the west of the city. The name derives from the cast iron bridge spanning the River Kelvin at this point, built for the Great Western Road (A82 road) in the 19th century.
In the early 20th century, the bridge provided a crossing point across the boundary of the city and into the neighbouring town of Hillhead, which was incorporated into the city later.
The bridge offering its name to the surrounding area has been a fairly recent development, following in the traditions of the Kelvin naming its surroundings (Kelvindale and Kelvinside for example). This has lead to some confusion with other bridges over the Kelvin upstream which utilise the same name, for example in Torrance.
Today, Kelvinbridge has an underground station on the Glasgow Subway - one of the deepest on the circuit due to the proximity of the river - on the south east side of the bridge, It houses the Glasgow Academy private school. Due to the vicinity of the University of Glasgow, the district also accommodates many students, cementing its place as part of the West End of Glasgow.
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