A royally good job!
The Queensferry Crossing opened on 30 August, kicking off an epic week of events celebrating the completion of the new £1.35bn bridge over the river Forth.
bridges lies the iconic 19th century Forth Bridge, which carries the railway across the river. The first vehicles travelled over the Queensferry Crossing in the early hours of 30 August and by the morning rush hour it took more than an hour to clear the bridge in both directions due to the large number of drivers crossing for the first time. On the evening of 28 August, a procession of vintage, modern and electric vehicles drove across the bridge, marking the symbolic handover from contractors to the Scottish government. It was followed by a light show to celebrate the completion of the biggest infrastructure project Scotland has seen in more than twenty years. The Queensferry Crossing was closed on the weekend of 2-3 September to give around 50,000 members of the public a “once-in-a-lifetime” chance to walk over the new bridge. The bridge was officially opened by the queen on Monday 4 September, 50 years to the day after she opened the adjacent road bridge. Pirtek is extremely proud to have played its part in making these events run smoothly.
and will replace the Forth Road Bridge as the main road route between Edinburgh and Fife, carrying 24 million vehicles a year. The existing road bridge, built in 1964 and beset by maintenance problems, will continue to be used by cyclists, pedestrians and eventually buses but will no longer be burdened by general motor traffic. Just downstream of both road
According to Michael Martin, the man behind the Queensferry Crossing over the Firth of Forth is “one of the world’s great bridges”. Pirtek, which assisted with emergency hose replacement, is extremely proud to have played even a small part in the state-of-the-art project. The new 1.7 mile publicly-funded crossing is the biggest infrastructure project Scotland has seen in a generation
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