Artist's impression of the new cable-stayed bridge
The Forth Replacement Crossing is a major infrastructure project for Scotland, designed to safeguard a vital connection in the country’s transport network.
Despite significant investment and maintenance over its lifetime, the Forth Road Bridge is showing signs of deterioration and is not suitable as the long-term main crossing of the Firth of Forth.
In December 2007 the Scottish Government selected a cable-stayed bridge to the west of the existing Forth Road Bridge as the replacement crossing. Transport Scotland carried out further planning during 2008 and in December the Government outlined further key decisions about the crossing including:
- The proposed design of the new bridge
- The strategy, using the Forth Road Bridge as a public transport corridor
- The details of the scheme and road connections to and from the bridge
- Funding, procurement and legislation
This website was updated on 10 December 2008 to provide the latest information following the Government announcement. The full Forth Replacement Crossing website will return shortly.
