View across the Clyde

Four-arch sandstone road bridge spanning the River Clyde, viewed from the riverbank.
Haughhead Bridge carrying the B758 across the Clyde between Blantyre and Uddingston, photographed by G Laird on 28 March 2010. Geograph photograph 1775175 · Wikimedia Commons file · CC BY-SA 2.0.

HES says the bridge replaced a hazardous ford at the site and notes a small tollhouse on the east bank. Its record identifies the listed building's parish as Bothwell, while its statement of special interest explicitly describes its link with Blantyre parish. These are different administrative and geographic descriptions rather than evidence of two separate crossings.

Haughhead lies beyond the modern built-up town but is directly connected by road and historic parish geography. The bridge is part of the wider Clyde crossing network that includes the Low Blantyre suspension bridge and the Clyde crossings at Low Blantyre. See The historical parish of Blantyre.

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