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FORTH ROAD BRIDGE - SCOTLAND
The Forth Road Bridge when opened, on 4th September 1964 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II,
was the largest suspension bridge in Europe.
It was built in 1958 and finished in 1964. This
highway suspension bridge crosses the Firth of Forth in Scotland
and just half a mile away from the Forth Railway Bridge ( The
Railway Bridge is the second longest cantilever span in the world.
Even today, no other bridge can match it for awesome scale and it
was built in 1890.)
The Forth road bridge is a little over 2.5 km in length.
It has a main span of 1006 metres between the two main towers. The side spans which carry
the deck to the side towers are each 408 metres long. The approach viaducts are 252 metres and 438 metres
long on the north and south sides respectively.
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