DURING the last year, the Kingston Bridge was recognised on its 50th anniversary with an award of C-listed status from Historic Environment Scotland. It opened in 1970 as part of Scotland’s first motorway and was promoted as potentially helping to alleviate traffic issues in Glasgow’s city centre. It was designed for 120,000 vehicles a day. However, due to the excess volume and weight of traffic, along with design and construction issues, works to address serious structural deterioration had to be completed in the 1990s. Currently, it is the most used road bridge in Scotland and is crossed daily by about 155,000 vehicles.