Cover of programme for Forth Road Bridge Silver Jubilee

Category

Museums & Galleries Item

Item no

34244

Title

Cover of programme for Forth Road Bridge Silver Jubilee Celebration

Description

The cover of a programme for the celebration event for the Forth Road Bridge's Silver Jubilee (25 years). The cover shows a colour photograph of the Forth Road Bridge from the beach at South Queensferry with small sailing boats in the Firth. The programme lists the various events of the day, including a boat trip on the Maid of the Forth around the bridge, bands, displays by Air Sea Rescue and culminating in a grand laser display.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1989

Type

Document; Reproduction

Location

Queensferry Museum

The Forth Road Bridge was formally opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 4th September 1964 after six years of construction. The bridge was built to respond to increasing volume of traffic in the region. Prior to the bridge, the nearest crossing was the Kincardine Bridge upstream, or a ferry service linking North and South Queensferry.

By the 1990s increasing concerns about the structural wear and tear of the bridge led to the eventual agreement to begin construction, in September 2011, of a third bridge at Queensferry, named by public vote the Queensferry Crossing. This new road bridge is due to open in 2016.

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Landscape > Water > Rivers and streams

Places > Edinburgh areas > South Queensferry

Places > Edinburgh Landmarks > Forth Road Bridge

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh