Forth Road Bridge

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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.

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Forth Road Bridge canonical 32
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 Crossing
surface form: 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
North Queensferry
surface form: 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
region Edinburgh
surface form: 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

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Firth of Forth notableFor Forth Road Bridge
Firth of Forth crossedBy Forth Road Bridge
Forth Road Bridge (north end) partOf Forth Road Bridge
Forth Road Bridge (north end) terminusOf Forth Road Bridge
Forth Road Bridge (north end) openedWith Forth Road Bridge
North Queensferry locatedNorthOf Forth Road Bridge
North Queensferry hasLandmark Forth Road Bridge
Inverkeithing railway station near Forth Road Bridge
Rosyth hasNearbyStructure Forth Road Bridge
A90 road previouslyUsedStructure Forth Road Bridge
Dalgety Bay hasNearbyBridge Forth Road Bridge
Lothian and Fife containsTransportLink Forth Road Bridge
Inverkeithing locatedNear Forth Road Bridge
M876 motorway hasAccessTowards Forth Road Bridge
Forth estuary hasBridge Forth Road Bridge
South Queensferry locatedNear Forth Road Bridge
Queensferry Crossing parallelTo Forth Road Bridge
Queensferry Crossing alsoKnownAs Forth Road Bridge
this entity surface form: New Forth Crossing
Forth bridges hasPart Forth Road Bridge
M90 connects Forth Road Bridge
M90 terminusSouth Forth Road Bridge
Firth of Forth region contains Forth Road Bridge
River Forth hasBridge Forth Road Bridge
Dalmeny, Scotland hasNearbyStructure Forth Road Bridge
Freeman Fox & Partners notableWork Forth Road Bridge
Freeman Fox & Partners designed Forth Road Bridge
Gilbert Roberts notableWork Forth Road Bridge
Gilbert Roberts designed Forth Road Bridge
Firth of Forth coastline hasBridge Forth Road Bridge
Hawes Pier hasView Forth Road Bridge
Barnton hasProximityTo Forth Road Bridge
Kincardine Bridge trafficReliefFor Forth Road Bridge