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  2. Queensferry Crossing - Wikipedia

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    The Forth Crossing Act received royal assent in January 2011. [2] In April 2011, the Forth Crossing Bridge Constructors consortium was awarded the contract, and construction began in late summer/autumn of 2011. [3] The Queensferry Crossing is a three-tower cable-stayed bridge, with an overall length of 1.7 miles (2.7 kilometres). [4]

  3. List of tallest buildings and structures in Edinburgh - Wikipedia

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    The tallest buildings in the city are churches and suburban tower blocks. The administrative area of Edinburgh includes the three bridges across the Firth of Forth to the north-east of the city (the Queensferry Crossing, Forth Road Bridge and Forth Bridge), which are all taller than any building in the city itself.

  4. List of longest cable-stayed bridge spans - Wikipedia

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    Queensferry Crossing: 222 650 650 222 6: 1,688 m (5,538 ft) Sutong Yangtze River Bridge: 300 1088 300 7: 1,685 m (5,528 ft) Pelješac Bridge: 130 285 285 285 285 285 130 8: 1,648 m (5,407 ft) Honghe Bridge [98] 162 500 162 162 500 162 9: 1,552 m (5,092 ft) Erqi Yangtze River Bridge [99] 160 616 616 160 10: 1,500 m (4,900 ft) Nhật Tân Bridge ...

  5. Portal:Scotland/Selected articles/27 - Wikipedia

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    The Queensferry Crossing is a three-tower cable-stayed bridge, with an overall length of 1.7 miles (2.7 kilometres). Around 2.5 miles (4 kilometres) of new connecting roads were built, including new and upgraded junctions at Ferrytoll in Fife, South Queensferry and Junction 1A on the M9. Read more ...

  6. North Queensferry - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  7. Forth Road Bridge - Wikipedia

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    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]

  8. History of the Forth Crossing - Wikipedia

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    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]

  9. M90 motorway - Wikipedia

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    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.