Forth Road Bridge (South Queensferry, Scotland)

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Name (Latin)
Forth Road Bridge (South Queensferry, Scotland)
Other forms of name
Forth Bridge (South Queensferry, Scotland : Road bridge)
Coordinates
-3.40406 -3.40406 56.0017 56.0017 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Bridges Scotland
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q933000
Library of congress: sh2005008749
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: King, Lillian. Building the bridge, 2004:p. i (Forth Road Bridge opened in 1964) p. 13 (Forth Bridge was the first suspension bridge build in U.K.)
  • Gaz. for Scotland web site, Dec. 23, 2005(Forth Road Bridge, located 9 miles (15 km) west of Edinburgh, the Forth Road Bridge spans the Firth of Forth between South Queensferry and North Queensferry)
  • Collins Scot. atlas and gaz., c1999(Forth Road Bridge, Fife Bridge, spanning 1m/2km across Firth of Forth from Queensferry on S bank to North Queensferry)

Wikipedia description:

The Forth Road Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the Firth of Forth in Scotland. The bridge opened in 1964 and, at the time, was the longest suspension bridge in the world outside the United States. The bridge connects Edinburgh to Fife; replacing a centuries-old ferry service to carry vehicular traffic, cyclists and pedestrians across the Forth. Railway crossings are made by the nearby Forth Bridge, opened in 1890. The Scottish Parliament voted to abolish tolls on the bridge from February 2008. The adjacent Queensferry Crossing was opened in August 2017 to carry the M90 motorway across the Firth of Forth, replacing the Forth Road Bridge which had exceeded its design capacity. At its peak, the Forth Road Bridge carried 65,000 vehicles per day. The bridge was subsequently closed for repairs and refurbishment. It reopened in February 2018, redesignated as a dedicated public transport corridor; only certain vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists are permitted to use the bridge.

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