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History of the Queensferry Crossing

The story of the Queensferry Crossing - how it came to take its place alongside the famous landmarks of the Forth Bridge and the Forth Road Bridge.

Follow the links in this section for the story of the origins, procurement and construction of the bridge, and some of the key people who helped to build it.

 

Queensferry Crossing

Facts and figures

History

Origin and early development

Procurement and construction

Project newsletters

Construction blog

Rise of the towers - 5 March 2014

Story so far: six years of non-stop progress - 5 March 2014

0 to 200 in three months: southern approach viaduct on the move - 14 April 2014

On the deck: the amazing scale of the Queensferry Crossing project - 23 May 2014

Queensferry Crossing: why reaching deck level matters - 8 August 2014

Queensferry Crossing getting a Sheerleg-up from Taklift 6 - 9 October 2014

Hit the north: the “other” viaduct set to take the spotlight - 12 December 2014

First you named the bridge, now FRAME it - 19 March 2015

Tales of the unexpected - 12 August 2015

Tonnage fan club - 12 October 2015

BBC Radio Scotland: Brainwaves - 22 April 2016

Meet the team

David Climie, Project Director

Iain Murray, Operations Director for Employer’s Delivery Team

Michael Martin, FCBC Project Director

Ronan Hayes MRICS, FCBC Survey Manager

Neil Robinson, FCBC Temporary Works Co-ordinator for Foundations & Towers

Jim Woods, FCBC Deputy Laboratory Manager

Naming the bridge

Construction gallery

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