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		Completed in 1890 after taking 6 years of construction, The Forth rail bridge was an engineering achievement of its time costing a lot of mens lives in the process.
		The Forth Road Bridge is a younger and smaller cousin, being completed in 1964 and spanning a distance of 1.5 miles.
		The views from the bridge are varied and impressive.
	www.dunfermlineweb.com /bridges.html (198 words)

	Forth Road Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Forth Road Bridge is a suspension bridge across the Firth of Forth in east central Scotland.
		The Forth Bridges, with the road bridge crossing to the left of the rail bridge.
		With a complete closure of the existing Forth Road Bridge predicted by approximately 2020 without drastic action, there is a threat of serious economic consequences, due to the strategic importance of the bridge in the Scottish transport network and the estimated 10+ year timescale for construction of a replacement.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Forth_Road_Bridge (2222 words)

	Forth Bridge (railway) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Forth Bridge is a railway bridge over the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, to the east of the Forth Road Bridge, and 14 km (9 miles) west of Edinburgh.
		The bridge connects Scotland's capital Edinburgh with Fife, and acts as a major artery connecting the north-east and south-east of the country.
		"Painting the Forth Bridge" is a colloquial term for a never-ending task (a modern rendering of the myth of Sisyphus), coined on the erroneous belief that, at one time in the history of the bridge, repainting was required and commenced immediately upon completion of the previous repaint.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Forth_Bridge_(railway) (991 words)

	Forth Bridges
		While the road bridge was built in the aftermath of the Tacoma Narrows collapse, the rail bridge was also constructed in the aftermath of disaster - the collapse of the Tay Bridge and the loss of a commuter train with 75 passengers in 1879.
		Since the bridge opened in 1964, the small town of Queensferry has grown up the hill on both sides of the bridge, and the subway is now well used by locals walking between the two parts of the upper town.
		The main bridge deck is in four separate sections, with wide openings between to reduce the effects of wind buffeting on the bridge structure.
	www.st-andrews.ac.uk /~ddm1/roads/Scottish_Roads/A90_Forth_Bridge (1768 words)

	FORTH ROAD BRIDGE
		The Forth Road Bridge when opened, on 4 September 1964 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, was the largest suspension bridge in Europe, and, together with the approach viaducts is over 2½ km.
		Since the bridge was opened the permitted weight of commercial vehicle using the roads in this country has been increased from 24 tons to 44 tonnes.
		The total cost of the bridge including the approach roads consisting of 13 kilometres of dual carriageway, 13 kilometres of minor access roads and 24 minor bridges was £19,500,000 (~£250,000,000 today).
	www.forthbridges.org.uk /roadbridgemain.htm (395 words)

	The Forth Road Bridge Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
		The bridge used some 39,000 tons of steel (about two thirds the amount used in the Forth Rail Bridge), not counting the 30,800 miles of wire, weighing 7,900 tons, in the suspension cables.
		At the time the bridge was finished, the maximum size of a vehicle on Scotland's roads was 24 tonnes, and this has since increased to 44 tonnes.
		On 3 April 2001 the Forth Road Bridge was "listed", the major effect of which was to challenge the status of the Forth Rail Bridge as Scotland's largest listed structure.
	www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /queensferry/forthroadbridge (880 words)

	Forth Rail Bridge - Pictures of the Railway and Road Bridges in the Firth of Forth (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Forth Rail Bridge had to be solid and reliable especially after the Tay Bridge disaster when its central navigation spans collapsed in the Firth of Tay taking 6 train carriages and 75 lives down with them.
		When you come off the Forth Road Bridge in Fife take an immediate turn to left and follow the road and signs until you get to the hotel (you'll be able to see the hotel even before you take a left).
		Inchcolm Island is one of the several Islands in the Firth of Forth alongside Inchkeith, the Bass Rock and Isle of May at the mouth of the Firth.
	www.scotland-flavour.co.uk /forth-bridge.html (931 words)

	Forth Rail Bridge, River Crossing, Forth Road Bridge, Scotland
		The Forth Railway Bridge is a globally-important cantilever structure.
		The bridge was built to carry the two tracks of the North British Railway over the Firth of Forth between South Queensferry and North Queensferry.
		The Forth Estuary Transport Authority presented the results of a feasibility study in Jun 2004 for a second Forth Road Bridge.
	www.edinburgharchitecture.co.uk /forth_rail_bridge.htm (314 words)

	The Forth Bridge Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
		In the aftermath of the Tay Bridge disaster the bridge was a testament to robust and conservative over-engineering.
		The whole bridge is balanced by 1000 ton counterweights on the outside of the outer cantilever structures.
		The bridge can be viewed to really good effect from both North Queensferryand Queensferry: and the views from one of the many trains crossing it is equally worthwhile, especially of North Queensferry and Queensferry and of the Forth Road Bridge only a short distance to the west.
	www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /queensferry/forthrailbridge (803 words)

	Forth Road Bridge, Forth Bridges, Scotland
		Forth Estuary Transport Authority (FETA) presented the results of a feasibility study in Jun 2004 for a 2.2km long second Forth Road Bridge.
		With the world-famous Forth Rail Bridge close by it is surely one of the most important engineering and architecture challenges of the next decade for Scotland, unless there's a surprise and plans for a third crossing are shelved.
		The Forth Road Bridge is 2.5km long woth 156m high concrete H-frame towers and is almost parallel with the world-famous Forth Rail Bridge to the east.
	www.edinburgharchitecture.co.uk /forth_road_bridge.htm (493 words)

	Edinburgh - The Forth Bridges
		The plans for the bridge began with work by Sir Thomas Bouch, his proposal was soon rejected however due to unforeseen events.
		Work began on the approach roads for the bridge in 1958, with the bridge being nicknamed the ‘Highway in the Sky’.
		At the time the bridge was Europe’s longest suspension bridge at one and a half miles long.
	www.firstcity.force9.co.uk /bridges.htm (377 words)

	The Forth Road Bridge (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Forth Road Bridge in Scotland is a suspension bridge with four lanes, built in 1964.
		The work comprised replacement of all hangers in the main and side spans, cable anchorage yokes at the bridge deck, and all bolts in the cable clamps.
		The work was carried out while the bridge was fully open to traffic, 60,000 cars a day.
	www.mthojgaard.dk /site/en.nsf/refstubs/ref-9E4EE52E573F8385C1256B7C00395072 (138 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - The Forth Road Bridge
		Individual travel between the major cities was well catered for by the opening of the Forth Rail Bridge in 1890, but the first major road link across the Forth did not appear until the completion of the Kincardine Bridge in 1936.
		Serious proposals for a road bridge over the Forth near Queensferry had been put forward from as early as the beginning of the 19th Century, but it was not until 1958 that work began on the new bridge.
		Since the bridge was opened, the permitted weight of commercial vehicles using the roads in Scotland has been increased from 24 tons to 44 tonnes.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A1062541 (1038 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Scotland \| Forth Road Bridge corrosion found
		The discovery was made during the first full-scale cable inspection in the bridge's 40-year history.
		Forth Bridge manager Alastair Andrew said there were no safety concerns and stressed that just 22 broken wires had been found out of 11,618.
		The results of the inspection were disclosed at a meeting of the Forth Estuary Transport Authority (FETA) Board on Friday.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/scotland/3965643.stm (469 words)

	Scottish Green Party :: Greens: extending life of Forth Road Bridge makes economic common sense
		Taking the decision to build a second bridge before reports on cabling would be reckless use of £600 million of taxpayers' money, would generate higher traffic levels with more congestion and pollution, and would hinder Scotland in the future low-carbon global economy, Mid Scotland and Fife Green MSP Mark Ruskell argued.
		Greens argue that current pressures on the Executive to fund a another Forth road bridge to alleviate present congestion problems must be resisted, as any decision to spend £600 million on a new bridge would simply compound the mistakes of the past.
		They claim that there is good evidence that a new road bridge would fuel further rises in road traffic levels, leading to even greater congestion problems in 20 years time.
	www.scottishgreens.org.uk /index.php?id=5008 (615 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Scotland - Traffic wrecking Forth road bridge (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The 40-year-old bridge was built to last for 120 years, but the Forth Estuary Transport Authority (FETA) said damage to the bridge’s structure means it is "unlikely that the original design life will be realised".
		Alastair Andrew, the bridge manager, said the true lifespan would be known in 12 months following the most rigorous monitoring process ever conducted on a bridge in Europe.
		The original cost of building the Forth Road Bridge was £19.5 million, of which £14.35 million borrowed from central government has been repaid.
	news.scotsman.com /scotland.cfm?id=481652005 (914 words)

	Forth Railway Bridge near Edinburgh Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Forth Railway Bridge took eight years to build and was the world’s longest bridge at the end of the 19th centuring.
		History relates that when the engineer who built it, Benjamin Baker, was askedhow long the bridge would last, he replied: "For ever—if you look after it." Repainting of the bridge has been continuously carried out ever since, and a well used saying to describe a never-ending task has arisen from this practice.
		A special paint was created for the Forth Bridge, which has been used since 1890, and gives the bridge its orange colouring.
	www.multiwebvista.com /photos/forthrail3.html (264 words)

	Overview of Forth Road Bridge (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Costing £11.5 million, with a further £8 million needed for the approach roads, the bridge was established with tolls for motorised traffic, although is free for pedestrians.
		The bridge is nearly 1828m (2000 yards) long while its main span, of 1006m (3300 feet), is the tenth longest in the world; its towers are over 150m (500 feet) high.
		The bridge was originally run by the Forth Road Bridge Joint Board on behalf of the government, but in 2001 the Scottish Executive replaced this body with the Forth Estuary Transport Authority.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/features/featurefirst101.html (341 words)

	Edinburgh Evening News - 25% rise in tolls on Forth Road Bridge (Site not responding. Last check: )
		TOLLS on the Forth Road Bridge are set to rise by 25 per cent under new proposals.
		FETA are also committed to a £500,000 contribution to the doubling in capacity of the Ferrytoll Park and Ride, and £800,000 has been earmarked towards the costs of a new link road to Rosyth, which is to ease the passage of buses to the facility.
		Drivers crossing the bridge alone between 7am and 9am and between 4pm and 6pm would be charged £2.
	edinburghnews.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=264692004 (639 words)

	Edinburgh Evening News - New Forth road bridge will 'never' carry trams (Site not responding. Last check: )
		His stance puts him at odds with officials at the Forth Road Bridge, including bridgemaster Alastair Andrew who last week said a new crossing would be capable of carrying light rail or trams.
		The Evening News revealed earlier this year that the existing Forth Road Bridge has "irreversible corrosion" inside its cables and the life span of the crossing has been cut in half.
		It will take at least 11 years for a new bridge to be built, one of the main reasons that Fife's FETA members pushed ahead with plans for a second road crossing.
	edinburghnews.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=1865042005 (829 words)

	Stirling Lloyd Group :: Forth Road Bridge
		The 40 year old bridge, which is a Grade II listed building, was the 3rd longest span steel arch bridge in the world when it was constructed in 1961 and is still thought to be the UK's longest highway bridge owned by a Local Authority.
		With traffic congestion levels already heavy on the bridge and no convenient alternative route available, Halton Borough Council stipulated that lane closures could only be implemented overnight and during weekends with the work due to be completed in September 2004.
		There are plans for the construction of a new bridge up stream to ease congestion and reduce the reliance on the Silver Jubilee Bridge, but in the meantime Stirling Lloyd have helped ensure that Halton’s most famous landmark will remain in service for many years to come.
	www.stirlinglloyd.com /pr04/jubilee (1057 words)

	National Alliance Against Tolls - Scotland News to September 2005
		Bridge tolls are paying for this road, though it is rightly regarded by the Executive as a strategic road and should have been financed out of the £50 billion that Gordon Brown gets from road users each year.
		The bridge authority have been busy pumping out stories to justify their tolls regime - we hope that people will not be distracted from the compelling reasons why the tolls should be scrapped and the bridge taken into the hands of the Scottish Executive.
		The new chairman of the Forth bridge authority is an Edinburgh councillor.
	www.notolls.org.uk /scotlandnews.htm (11446 words)

	BTCCPages.com - News Story - BTCC stars to cross Forth road bridge
		Scotland's world famous Forth Road Bridge will collect an extra few pounds in cash at its toll booths when it greets cars and drivers from the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship as they head for the Knockhill circuit near Fife for rounds 22, 23 and 24 of the 2005 championship on Sunday 28 August.
		The Bridge last year celebrated its 40th birthday and its yearly northbound traffic volume is around the 12-million mark.
		The Bridge's 1.5-mile northbound route will be closed for a short period of time on Thursday 25 August to enable the symbolic crossing to take place.
	www.btccpages.com /news/NewsStory.php?SeriesID=1&ArticleID=382 (433 words)

	Forth on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		FORTH [Forth] river, c.60 mi (100 km) long, formed by streams that join near Aberfoyle in Stirling, S central Scotland.
		The port of Grangemouth is at the eastern end of the Forth and Clyde Canal (35 mi/56 km long; completed 1890), which links the Firth of Forth with the River Clyde.
		At Queensferry three bridges cross the firth—the Forth Bridge (completed 1936); the Forth Road Bridge, one of the longest suspension bridges in Europe (3,300 ft/1,006 m long; completed 1964); and the Forth Railway Bridge (5,350 ft/1,631 m; completed 1890), the world's first cantilever bridge.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/F/Forth.asp (521 words)

	Forth Road Bridge Tolls to Rise — SNP - Scottish National Party (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Forth Road Bridge Tolls to Rise — SNP - Scottish National Party
		SNP MSP Bruce Crawford condemned Liberal and Labour plans to raise tolls on the Forth Road Bridge after FETA confirmed that Cyclops, a camera system which reads the amount of people travelling in cars has been installed as a trial on the Forth Bridge.
		"The people of Fife rely on the bridge as their only way to cross the Forth - they should not be unfairly taxed for vital transport links which are pivotal to their local economy.
	www.snp.org /snpnews/2005/tolls (312 words)

	Forth Road Bridge Joint Board (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It was understood that the charges were of 100lb and 900lb and were exploded as part of the contract by the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency to test the strength of the hull of a German naval vessel.
		The Chair indicated that it was totally unacceptable that the management of the Forth Road Bridge had not been informed about the tests and had therefore not had the opportunity to take necessary measures to combat the situation with which they might be faced.
		To express dissatisfaction to the Ministry of Defence and the Scottish Office about the lack of consultation on recent controlled explosions in the River Forth near to the Forth Road Bridge.
	www.edinburgh.gov.uk /CEC/Committee_Services/Committee_Minutes/Forth_Road_Bridge_Joint_Board_20_05_1997/f970520000000x8h.html (201 words)

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