Forth Road Bridge, Scotland

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The Forth Road Bridge in Scotland is a major suspension bridge spanning the Firth of Forth, linking Edinburgh to Fife and serving as a key transport route in the region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf road bridge ⓘ
suspension bridge ⓘ
carries cyclists ⓘ
motor vehicles ⓘ
pedestrians ⓘ
connects Edinburgh ⓘ
Fife ⓘ
constructionCost £19.5 million (approximate original cost) ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1958 ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
crosses Firth of Forth ⓘ
deckMaterial steel ⓘ
designer Freeman Fox & Partners ⓘ
Mott, Hay and Anderson ⓘ
hasFeature aerodynamic truss deck ⓘ
suspended deck ⓘ
two main towers ⓘ
hasToll false ⓘ
heritageStatus Category A listed building ⓘ
latitude 56.007 ⓘ
listingAuthority Historic Environment Scotland ⓘ
locatedIn Firth of Forth ⓘ
longitude -3.404 ⓘ
mainSpanLength 1006 metres ⓘ
maintainedBy Transport Scotland ⓘ
material steel ⓘ
nearestCity Edinburgh ⓘ
notableFor being one of the longest suspension bridges in Europe at time of opening ⓘ
numberOfMainSpans 1 ⓘ
numberOfSideSpans 2 ⓘ
opened 1964-09-04 ⓘ
openedBy Queen Elizabeth II ⓘ
linked to: Elizabeth II
openedToPedestrians 1964-09-04 ⓘ
owner Scottish Ministers ⓘ
linked to: Scottish Government
parallelStructure Forth Bridge ⓘ
Queensferry Crossing ⓘ
partOf cross-Forth transport corridor ⓘ
pylonMaterial steel ⓘ
region Fife ⓘ
Lothian ⓘ
replacedByForMostMotorTraffic Queensferry Crossing ⓘ
roadCarries A90 road ⓘ
M90 motorway ⓘ
tollsAbolished 2008 ⓘ
totalLength 2512 metres ⓘ
towerHeight 156 metres ⓘ
trafficType road traffic ⓘ

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M90 → connects → Forth Road Bridge, Scotland ⓘ
Edinburgh coastal defence system → hasPart → Forth Road Bridge defences ⓘ
linked to: Forth Road Bridge, Scotland
John Muir Way → passesNear → Forth Bridges ⓘ
linked to: Forth Road Bridge, Scotland