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Due to essential maintenance, the WEST footpath/cycleway is closed. The EAST Footpath/Cycleway remains open unless due to high winds or an incident.
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Queensferry Crossing Doors Open Day 2025
Public ballot for free guided tours of the interior of the Queensferry Crossing deck, hosted by Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland.
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Queensferry Crossing Open Door Success
The first ever Doors Open Day event at the Queensferry Crossing has been hailed as a success.
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Rise of the towers
Read Rise of the Towers to find out more about the underwater foundations for the Queensferry Crossing.
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Why reaching deck level matters
Find out why reaching deck level is a real marker in the tower works for the Queensferry Crossing.
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Overnight Closure of Queensferry Crossing and Forth Road Bridge
Diversion via Kincardine from 22:00 to 08:00 on night of 12 December.
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Forth Bridge Offers a Platform to Celebrate Queensferry Crossing
500 tickets are available for Barnardo’s Scotland Forth Bridge fundraiser.
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Working Towards 70 on the Queensferry Crossing
Road users are being provided with advance notice of upcoming works required on the new bridge to enable it to open to vehicles travelling at speeds of 70 mph.
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Queensferry Crossing Delivering Initial Benefits
New data shows improved reliability of travel on M90 corridor.
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Queensferry Crossing Automated Barriers Testing and Commissioning
Overnight carriageway closures 31 October and 1 November 2023
Overnight diversion via Forth Road Bridge 4 November 2023
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Doors Open Day 2025 - Ballot is Open
The public ballot for BEAR Scotland's Doors Open Day tours inside the Queensferry Crossing deck is now open. Details on BEAR's website.
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Story so far: six years of non-stop progress
Read about the remarkable progress of the bridge - just six years between the debating chamber and all three bridge towers appearing above the water line.
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Southern approach viaduct on the move
Watch impressive timelapse video of the launch of the Queensferry Crossing south viaduct plus interviews with those involved.
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Getting a Sheerleg-up from Taklift 6
Read about Taklift 6, the enormous sheerleg marine crane, operating back and forward from the Rosyth dockyard out to the Queensferry Crossing towers.
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Hit the north: the "other' viaduct set to take the spotlight
Read about work on the North Approach Viaduct (NAV) for the Queensferry Crossing.
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FRAME the bridge
Take a selfie with the Queensferry Crossing for the People's Bridge Mosaic.
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