| Name | Forth Road Bridge, Scotland |
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| Who | |
| Owner | Forth Estuary Transport Authority with representatives from Councils of City of Edinburgh, Fife, Perth & Kinross, West Lothian |
| Design | Mott Hay and Anderson |
| Contractor | ACD Group of Sir William Arrol & Co., Cleveland Bridge & Eng Co., Dorman Long (Bridge & Eng) Co. |
| Where | North of Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Latitude | N 56 00'09" |
| Longitude | W 03 24' 15" |
| When | 1964 |
| Why | Connects Edinburgh to Fife by A90 |
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| Overall type | Suspension Bridge |
| Width | 33 m. |
| Length | 2,512 m. |
| Spans | Main span 1,006 m. Side spans 408 m. |
| Height of tower | 150 m. |
| Materials | Towers:High tensile steel cellular construction with maximum thickness of steel of ~25 mm. - strengthened in the 1990s.
Deck: Steel orthotropic stiffened steel plate on steel trusses. Side spans are composite steel/concrete Cables:Main cables are 590 mm diameter consisting of 11,618 no. 5 mm diameter steel wires. Some concern over life span of bridge due to loss of strength of main cables. Dehumidification being used to inhibit corrosion. There are 192 sets of 4 hanger ropes of 44.5 mm and 52.4 mm diameter |
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