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Queensferry Crossing Reopened to Traffic in Both Directions
The Queensferry Crossing fully reopened to traffic at 10:10 today after being temporarily closed as a safety precaution due to a risk of falling ice.
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Queensferry Crossing to Reopen Feb 2020
Feb 2020: The Queensferry Crossing will reopen today. Operators are confident that the risk of ice and snow falling from cables has passed.
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Queensferry Crossing Closed
The Queensferry Crossing is closed to all traffic until further notice, as a safety precaution due to a risk of ice and snow falling from the cables.
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Update on Efforts to Reopen the Queensferry Crossing
The Queensferry Crossing will reopen today, with bridge operators confident that the risk of ice and snow accumulating and falling from the cables has passed.
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Queensferry Crossing Proving its Worth
Modern wind barriers across the Queensferry Crossing have kept it open on 34 occasions when its predecessor would have been closed to high-sided vehicles.
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Queensferry Crossing Wind Shielding Success
The Queensferry Crossing has remained open in high winds on more than 100 occasions when the Forth Road Bridge is likely to have closed to some or all traffic.
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Cautious Optimism for Queensferry Crossing Ice Mitigation
Queensferry Crossing engineers are optimistic at the results of recent tests of methods to mitigate against ice accreting on the bridge’s cables and towers.
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Queensferry Crossing to Open on 30 August
Economy Secretary Keith Brown today revealed the date the Queensferry Crossing will open to traffic.
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Queensferry Crossing: Origin & Early Development
Discover the Queensferry Crossing origins & early development - why the crossing was needed and the strategic stakeholders involved.
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On the deck: the amazing scale of the Queensferry Crossing project
Read about the arrival, on a huge ship, of the first bridge deck sections of the Queensferry Crossing.
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Queensferry Crossing Opening Celebrations - Travel Advice
The countdown is on for a weekend of celebrations to mark the opening of the Queensferry Crossing.
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Queensferry Crossing to Reopen Sept 2017
Sept 2017: The Queensferry Crossing is reopening to traffic for tomorrow’s morning peak period with the celebrations of the last few days completed.
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Queensferry Crossing to Become Motorway
Road users are being given advance notice the Queensferry Crossing will become a designated motorway from 1 February 2018.
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Queensferry Crossing Artwork Unveiled
An ode to the Queensferry Crossing by Scotland’s national poet has been set in bronze in a specially commissioned work.
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First Anniversary for Queensferry Crossing
New bridge providing reliable crossing over the Forth during its first 12 months
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