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Clyde crossing chaos for drivers

MOTORISTS will face six months of severe disruption on one of the main bridges across the Clyde as it undergoes a £6 million safety upgrade.

Lanes will be closed causing severe tailbacks for the 35,000 vehicles that use the Erskine Bridge each day, to allow barriers strong enough to withstand the impact of lorry crashes.

The crossing, built in 1971, is currently undergoing a £3.5m programme to install safety barriers to try to prevent suicides, following the deaths of teenagers Neve Lafferty and Georgia Rowe in 2009.