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The Queensferry Crossing (formerly the Forth Replacement Crossing) is a road bridge in Scotland. It was built alongside the existing Forth Road Bridge and the Forth Bridge . It carries the M90 motorway across the Firth of Forth between Edinburgh , at South Queensferry , and Fife , at North Queensferry .
A regular service is known to have crossed at Queensferry as early as the 12th century, using a series of natural rock landings west of Queensferry Harbour. [4] Small permanent structures existed at both sides of the crossing by 1710, but by 1760 these were considered inadequate for the most trafficked ferry passage in Scotland. [4]
Its creation gave rise to the port towns of Queensferry and North Queensferry, which remain to this day; the passenger ferry service continued without interruption for over 800 years. There were proposals as early as the 1740s for a road crossing at the site, although its viability was only considered after the Forth Bridge was built in 1890. [13]
North Queensferry is a historic coastal village in Fife, Scotland, situated on the Firth of Forth, 9 mi (14 km) from Edinburgh city centre. Located on the North Queensferry Peninsula, it is the southernmost settlement in Fife .
Crossing Date Coordinates Heritage status Locality Notes Image Pont Mwnwgl-y-llyn [2] Late 18th Century II: Bala Lake: Means "Neck of the Lake"; first bridge before rerouting of river, now marooned Dee Bridge, Bala
The closure of the Queensferry Crossing during Storm Bert was a "safety first" necessity, according to Scotland's transport secretary. The vital motorway bridge across the Firth of Forth was shut ...
Queensferry, also called South Queensferry or simply "The Ferry", is a town to the west of Edinburgh, Scotland. Traditionally a royal burgh of West Lothian , [ 3 ] it is now administered by the City of Edinburgh Council .
It runs from Junction 1A of the M9 motorway, south of the Queensferry Crossing, [2] to Perth. It is the northernmost motorway in the United Kingdom. The northern point goes to the western suburbs of Perth at Broxden. A small part of the M90 (across the Friarton Bridge to the southeast of Perth) was originally numbered as the M85 motorway.