Forth Road Brig

The Forth Road Brig is a suspension brig in east central Scotland. The brig, appened on the 4t September 1964,^[3] spans the Firth o Forth, connectin the caipital ceety Edinburgh, at Sooth Queensferry, tae Fife, at North Queensferry. It replaced a centuries-auld ferry service tae cairry vehicular traffic, cyclists, an pedestrians athort the Forth; rail crossins is made bi the adjacent an historic Forth Brig.

Forth Road Brig
The Forth Road Brig, Edinburgh, Scotland
Coordinates	56°0′3.329″N 3°24′14.87″W
Carries	Motor vehicles (A90 road) Cyclists (National Cycle Route 1) Pedestrians
Crosses	Firth o Forth
Locale	Edinburgh, Inchgarvie an Fife, Scotland
Offeecial name	Forth Road Brig
Mainteened bi	Forth Estuary Transport Authority
Chairacteristics
Design	Suspension brig
Tot lenth	2,512 metre (8,241 ft)[1]
Width	33 m (108 ft) Dual twa-lane carriageway, twa cycle/fitpaths[1]
Langest span	1,006 metre (3,301 ft)[1]
Clearance ablo	44.3 m (145 ft)[1]
History
Constructit bi	Sir William Arrol & Co., Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company an Dorman Long
Opened	4 September 1964
Statistics
Daily traffic	65,000 vpd (2012 figurs)[2]
Toll	Free syne 11 Februar 2008

References

1. "Forth Road Bridge Facts and Figures". Forth Bridges Visitors Centre Trust. Archived frae the original on 18 December 2013. Retrieved 28 Januar 2012.
2. Forth Crossing Bridge Constructors (consortium). "3 Centuries of Spanning the Forth" (PDF). p. 4. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 6 Juin 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.
3. "The Bridge – Introduction" (in Inglis). Forth Estuary Transport Authority. Archived frae the original on 30 Apryle 2009. Retrieved 7 September 2013.