Queensferry Crossing
The Queensferry Crossing (Scots: Queensferry Crossin; umwhile the Forth Replacement Crossing) is a road brig in Scotland.[2]
Queensferry Crossing | |
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The Queensferry Crossing nearin completion, photographed in Mairch 2017 | |
Coordinates | 56°00′17″N 3°24′45″W / 56.0046°N 3.4124°WCoordinates: 56°00′17″N 3°24′45″W / 56.0046°N 3.4124°W |
Crosses | Firth of Forth |
Locale | Lowden an Fife, Scotland |
Chairacteristics | |
Design | Cable-stayed brig |
Tot lenth | 2,700 metre (8,858 ft) |
Width | Dual twa-lane cairiageway wi haurd shouders[1] |
Langest span | 650 metre (2,133 ft) |
History | |
Constructit bi | Forth Crossing Bridge Constructors (FCBC) |
Construction begin | September 2011 |
Construction end | 27 August 2017 |
Construction cost | £1.35 billion |
References
eedit- ↑ "Forth Replacement Crossing". www.transport.gov.scot (in Inglis). Transport Scotland. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- ↑ "Queensferry crossing 'could last 150 years'". BBC News (in Inglis). 27 August 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2020.