Forth Road Bridge

E32031

road bridge suspension bridge

The Forth Road Bridge is a major suspension bridge in eastern Scotland that carries road traffic across the Firth of Forth, linking Edinburgh to Fife.

Aliases (1)

New Forth Crossing ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	road bridge → suspension bridge →
bridgeType	long-span suspension bridge →
carries	road traffic →
connects	Edinburgh → Fife →
constructionStart	1958 →
country	Scotland →
crosses	Firth of Forth →
crossesAt	Queensferry narrows →
deckType	steel stiffened deck →
designedBy	Freeman Fox & Partners → Mott, Hay and Anderson →
function	pedestrian access → public road transport →
hasFeature	side spans → suspended main span → two main towers →
hasLanes	4 road lanes →
heritageDesignationDate	2019 →
heritageStatus	Category A listed structure →
locatedIn	eastern Scotland →
locatedNear	North Queensferry → Queensferry →
mainSpanLength	1006 metres →
maintainedBy	BEAR Scotland →
material	concrete → steel →
namedAfter	Firth of Forth →
notableFor	major post-war Scottish infrastructure project →
opened	1964 →
openingDate	4 September 1964 →
owner	Transport Scotland →
parallelTo	Forth Bridge → Queensferry Crossing →
partOf	A90 road NERFINISHED →
region	City of Edinburgh → Fife →
replacedBy	Queensferry Crossing →
tollsAbolished	2008 →
tollStatus	tolls removed →
totalLength	2512 metres →
towerHeight	156 metres →
trafficRestriction	no general heavy goods vehicles →
usedFor	buses → cyclists → pedestrians → taxis →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Queensferry Crossing ("New Forth Crossing") →	alsoKnownAs
Lothian and Fife →	containsTransportLink
Firth of Forth →	crossedBy
North Queensferry →	hasLandmark
Dalgety Bay →	hasNearbyBridge
Rosyth →	hasNearbyStructure
Inverkeithing →	locatedNear
North Queensferry →	locatedNorthOf
Inverkeithing railway station →	near
Firth of Forth →	notableFor
Forth Road Bridge (north end) →	openedWith
Forth Road Bridge (north end) →	partOf
A90 road →	previouslyUsedStructure
Forth Road Bridge (north end) →	terminusOf