Bridge facts
The new bridge will be 2.7km long cable-stayed bridge composed of three towers and will span from west end of South Queensferry above Inchgarvie house across to Ferrytoll in Fife very close to where the existing bridge currently lands. An overview map supplied by Transport Scotland is also available.
Companies involved
The project is being headed up by two principal consultants Jacobs and Arup. These two companies are further supported by consultants from Flint & Neill, Dissing & Weitling and EC Harris.
Two consortia are currently tendering for the right to build the Forth replacement crossing. The first is called Forth Crossing Constructors and is composed of Morrison Construction, Hochtief, American Bridge and ACS.
The second is known as Forthspan and includes Balfour Beatty, Morgan EST, BAM Nuttall and MT Hojgaard. It originally also included Vinci construction – the worlds largest bridge builder – but they pulled out at the end of 2010, being replaced by MT Hojgaard.
Architecture
Architecture+Design Scotland have reviewed the proposals made.
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Should have been a tunnel, bridge is being built because you can see a bridge and where the money is being spent
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