Proposals For A New Forth Road Bridge
The strategic transport importance of the road bridge and the threat of closure by 2020 if major structural work is not undertaken have led to fears of serious economic consequences, especially as work on a new crossing may take a decade.
The traffic levels across the Firth of Forth have also led to the building of the Upper Forth Crossing adjacent to the existing Kincardine Bridge. This new bridge, which opened in November 2008, may also take some traffic from the Forth Road Bridge. On 1 October 2008 it was announced that the new bridge would be called the "Clackmannanshire Bridge".
Proposals for a second crossing at Queensferry were first put forward in the 1990s, but it was not until the discovery of the structural issues with the Forth Road Bridge in 2005 that plans were moved forward. The decision to proceed with a replacement bridge was taken at the end of 2007, although the following year it was announced that the existing bridge would be retained as a public transport link. The Forth Crossing Act received Royal Assent in January 2011, and construction began in September 2011. The Forth Replacement Crossing will be a cable-stayed bridge, with an overall length of 1.7 miles (2.7 km). Around 2.5 miles (4.0 km) of new connecting roads will be built, including new and upgraded junctions at Ferrytoll in Fife, South Queensferry, and Junction 1a on the M9. The new bridge is set to continue the M90 Motorway, (extending its southern terminus) from Admiralty to the M9 junction 1a (re-numbering the M9 spur).
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