Posted on 02/10/2016 6:25:17 AM PST by C19fan
It will use 150,000 tonnes of concrete - nearly as much as the whole of the London Olympics - and contain enough cable to go around the world three times. And at £1.14billion the new bridge over the Firth of Forth is one of the biggest civil engineering projects undertaken in Britain in recent years, creating 1,300 jobs. Designed to take some of the strain off the old Forth Road bridge, which was recently closed due to safety fears, the Queensferry crossing is now taking shape with the three towers which will support the structure in place.
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The Firth, third, Forth, what?
Who’s on Firth?
You mean the first Firth? Or the fourth?
very good pictures at the site
Only two lanes in each direction doesn’t seem to be thinking ahead.
That’s right. But What’s on Thecond?
No accounting for taste. I find the classic suspension bridge to be the most elegant.
Nick Carter, Master Detective, (not the boybander), had his office on the corner of Fourth and Fifth.
At best, a minor distraction for motorists, at worst, fatal multi-car pileups.
The original bridge is for rail. Built that style for maximum strength. BVB
LOL, funny
A magnificent piece of engineering, and probably very necessary. However, it won't create one net job. It's being paid for with money taxed from productive enterprises and productive people. The taxes will destroy at least as many jobs as the bridge "creates."
There may be many reasons for public works, but creating jobs isn't one of them.
Yes indeed it is. I hitchhiked in Scotland in the 1950's and took the ferry right close to the bridge. No getting across that bridge other than by rail. I was told it was a tradition for train passengers to throw a coin out of the window for luck. When I repeated the story- probably a bunch of hogwash, a Scotsman said " Aye, and there would be a canny auld Scot in a boat with a net below".
I heard that a team of painters started at one end of the bridge and then when finished, started back again. This because of the corrosion from the elements. This I do believe. I understand the bridge was specially designed for durability. This because of the Tay Bridge disaster in 1879. 75 poor souls drowned when the railway train went down during it's collapse. (Excuse the ramble, but the memory was given a jog).
Is that a total of forth lanes?
Just wiki’d it. Show went off the air 3 months before I was born. I can get some episodes on youtube. I’ll take a listen when I get some time. Thanks Calvin.
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