FIRTH OF FORTH, SCOTLAND, UK

Forth Road Bridge

Opened 4 September, 1964

It was constructed using a staggering 39,000 tonnes of steel and 125,000 cubic metres of concrete. At more than 2.5 km long, it was the fourth longest span in the world and the longest outside the United States when it opened in 1964.

Forth Road Bridge Fact Sheet

Name
Forth Road Bridge
Local moniker(s)
FRB
Motto: Guid Passage
Location
Firth of Forth, Scotland, UK
One of three bridges that span Blackness Bay in Scotland.
Coordinates
56°00′03.9″N 03°24′15″W
Construction started
September, 1958
Date opened
4 September, 1964
Design type
Suspension
Construction cost (1964)
£19,500,000
Designer
Freeman Fox & Partners and Messrs Mott, Hay & Anderson
Type of traffic
(road and/or rail)
Road
Owner
Transport Scotland (on behalf of Scottish Government Ministers)
Operator
BEAR Scotland Ltd
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Last updated: October 10, 2021

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