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Timetable for first buses across the Forth Road Bridge
Unknown, 1964, Document
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Timetable for first buses across the Forth Road Bridge
Timetable for first buses across the Forth Road Bridge
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Title
Timetable for first buses across the Forth Road Bridge
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A paper timetable, printed in red ink, of the first bus servies of the Scottish Omnibuses Ltd and W. Alexander & Sons companies to cross the newly opened Forth Road Bridge. On the cover is a hand drawn image of the bridge from South Queensferry.
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Unknown
Date
1964
Type
Document
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.
The ferry service which had carried passengers across the Firth of Forth for almost 8 centuries ceased operation the same day as the bridge was opened, and the next day saw the first public transport routes using the bridge to link Edinburgh with Fife and beyond.
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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Forth Road Bridge and Queensferry Crossing
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