Queensferry Crossing, Cable-stayed bridge in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Queensferry Crossing is a cable-stayed bridge over the Firth of Forth in Scotland that extends 2638 meters and rests on three steel towers. The tallest towers reach 207 meters and carry the M90 motorway roadway between Edinburgh and Fife.
Engineers discovered in the nineteen nineties that the old Forth Road Bridge had structural weaknesses. Construction of this new crossing started in 2011 and finished six years later in 2017.
The name connects two riverside towns that were linked by ferries for centuries. Today drivers cross the bridge and see the old centers of South Queensferry and North Queensferry on both sides of the water.
Cars and lorries use this crossing while cyclists and buses take the neighboring Forth Road Bridge. On windy days installed shields protect traffic so the roadway remains open even during strong gusts.
Visitors walking or cycling on the old Forth Road Bridge have an unobstructed view of the three tall towers of the newer crossing. The cables form a geometric pattern that looks different depending on where you stand and how the light falls.
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