Suspension bridge spanning the Firth of Forth in east-central Scotland
For the adjacent railway bridge, see Forth Bridge. For the film, see The Forth Road Bridge. For the second road bridge over the Firth of Forth, see Queensferry Crossing.
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Forth Road Bridge
The Forth Road Bridge from South Queensferry in October 2002.
33 m (108 ft) dual two-lane carriageway, two cycle/footpaths[2]
Height
156 m (512 ft)[3]
Longest span
1,006 m (3,301 ft)[2]
Clearance below
44.3 m (145 ft)[2]
History
Constructed by
Sir William Arrol & Co.
Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company
Dorman Long
Opened
4 September 1964
Statistics
Daily traffic
65,000 vpd (2012 figures)[4]
Toll
Free since 11 February 2008
Location
The Forth Road Bridge is a suspension bridge in east central Scotland. The bridge opened in 1964 and at the time was the longest suspension bridge in the world outside the United States.[5] The bridge spans the Firth of Forth, connecting Edinburgh, at South Queensferry, to Fife, at North Queensferry. It replaced 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 scrap tolls on the bridge from February 2008.[6] 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.[7] At its peak, the Forth Road Bridge carried 65,000 vehicles per day.
The Forth Road Bridge was subsequently closed for repairs and refurbishment. It reopened in February 2018, now redesignated as a dedicated Public Transport Corridor, with access to motor vehicles other than buses and taxis restricted;[a] pedestrians and cyclists are still permitted to use the bridge.[8] In May 2023, Stagecoach Fife started the first driverless bus service to carry passengers in the United Kingdom along a park-and-ride route which includes the Forth Road Bridge as its main section.[9][10]
^"Access restrictions | The Forth Bridges". www.theforthbridges.org.
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^Forth Crossing Bridge Constructors (consortium). "3 Centuries of Spanning the Forth" (PDF). p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2012. Traffic: Each year, almost 24 million vehicles cross the bridge. Statistics show that, typically, 2% more vehicles head south than north.
^"Facts and Figures | Forth Road Bridge | The Forth Bridges". www.theforthbridges.org. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
^"Tolls removed from Scots bridges". 11 February 2008. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
^"Queen opens new Queensferry Crossing". BBC News. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
^"Forth Road Bridge set to open as 'public transport corridor' tomorrow as Queensferry Crossing becomes motorway".
^"Stagecoach to launch fleet of driverless buses between Fife and Edinburgh". Dunfermline Press. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
^"UK's first driverless bus begins passenger service in Edinburgh". BBC News. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
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