By Deborah Anderson GLASGOW'S Squinty Bridge could be closed until August.

By Deborah Anderson GLASGOW'S Squinty Bridge could be closed until August.

Council bosses have now obtained a six month closure order which replaces the original emergency road closure order which lasted for a maximum of 28 days.

The first order came into place after a hanger on the Clyde Arc, which links Finnieston and Govan, snapped and the bridge was closed for safety reasons.

However, when it emerged work could be lengthy a six month order was issued.

A spokesman for the city council said: "The order now has a duration of six months with an end date of August 8.

"This period of time was selected not because we had a definite date for the bridge to re-open but to avoid the need to repeatedly renew an order if it had been promoted for shorter periods of time."

The £20million Clyde Arc was closed last month after a four-ton cable crashed on to the roadway when a steel ring connecting the cable to the bridge arch snapped.

A later inspection found a ring on the other side of the bridge had cracked, and it was decided all of the rings connecting the bridge's 14 cables would need replacing.

Residents nearby said that the moment when the support hit the tarmac sounded like a "bomb blast".