Forth Road Bridge under construction

Maker
Unknown
Production date
Circa 1963
 Description
View of the bridge and Fife taken from the top of the south tower. The main structure is complete and the road way has been laid.

This photo is not available as a scanned image. You can see the original in the Archives in Callendar House.

Object detail

Department
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Maker
Production date
Circa 1963
Subject place
Forth Road Bridge/South Queensferry/Edinburgh (Council Area)
Subject notes
The Forth Road Bridge was opened on 4th September 1964. At that time it was the largest suspension bridge in Europe, fourth largest in the world, with a main span of 1005m and overall length of 2.5km.
Accession number
P02549

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