Queensferry Crossing / New Forth Road Bridge - Construction pictures

[Rob_B]

[b]Last Update 26th March 2017 This post

Documentary on the building of the older Forth Road Bridge on BBC iPlayer http://bbc.in/1tmxN74 (no longer available )

Webcams pointed at and around the build available here

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So the new bridge is due to be finished in 2016, I thought it would be good to get some progress pics during this time so here they are

I intend to take a pic as often as possible or when there are big changes but please note ...

a) I'm lazy
&
b) There isn't much progress at the beginning while they sort out foundations.

Fingers crossed I can keep up the willpower to do this for the next 3years!

Also note that this is NOT a guide on how to take decent photos (as you can immediately tell by the pics!)

Official website here http://www.transportscotland.gov.uk/...ement-crossing

Below are the first pics I ever took, before I realised there was a bridge going up, I wondered why there were diggers on tiny islands in the Forth!

[Rob_B]

Feb 2013


April 6th 2013 (I think I'll go with landscape in future)


13th April 2013


26th April 2013


11th May 2013


25th May 2013


9th June 2013


30th August 2013


22nd September 2013

Forth Replacement Crossing September 2013

18th December 2013


11th January 2014


19th Jan 2014


9th Feb 2014


10th May 2014


6th June 2014


24th August 2014


14th September 2014


20th September 2014


25th January 2015


25th April 2015

[Rob_B]

7th June 2015


21st June 2015


18th September 2015


13th December 2015


6th March 2016


8th May 2016


30th May 2016




26th March 2017

[Rob_B]

Reserved 3

[deejayburnout]

Cool

I will be watching this.

[Smudger]

What are they doing with the old bridge? Are the Americans having it?

[Rob_B]

They've put an advert on gumtree, free pickup as long as you've got a van











but on a serious note. The old road bridge will stay open to light traffic, the heavy stuff will go over the new one seeing as the old ones' cables are snapping :/

[deejayburnout]

don't think I will be walking over the old bridge.

what's the the new bridge getting called?

The fifth road bridge!

[Funkstar]

I could be wrong, but i believe the existing crossing will stay as it is. They have been successful in alleviating the corrosion of the main support cables.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...-fife-21522376

So although the bridge will still be able to take heavy vehicles, that crossing really needs more capacity, especially in bad weather and eventually it will need to be replaced. I believe they are structuring the roads so that you can go in any direction from each bridge, but one will favour Edinburgh based traffic, and the other will favour traffic heading west.

As for the name, there is a competition on going at the moment.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...-fife-20846188

[Andeh13]

Green parties up and down the land irritate the hell out of me. Their new slogan should be "stopping progress, one short sighted decision at a time".

[Rob_B]

As you can see the speed of progress is astounding!.....

[Smudger]

I think the 'Margaret Thatcher Memorial Bridge' would go down a treat...

[TheAnimus]

I think the 'Margaret Thatcher Memorial Bridge' would go down a treat...

Where is 4chan when you need them to over vote an online poll for the lols.

[Rob_B]

As you can see there is massive progress....I'm talking about the bush in the right hand corner of course as the bridge hasn't bloomed yet

[deejayburnout]

As you can see there is massive progress....I'm talking about the bush in the right hand corner of course as the bridge hasn't bloomed yet

That bush is fair coming on.

At this rate, i will be a grandfather before its built.......

[Rob_B]

Uploaded one from June I took, wasn't going to bother as even the bush hadn't grown much! Will check it this weekend to see if there is any more progress (the bridge that is!)

I'll also need to check if the walkway on the other side of the bridge is open, has been closed for ages but would give great shots of the construction.