Connecting Road Network

Around 4km of connecting roads will be built to tie the new crossing into the main trunk road network.

To the south of the bridge, a new dual carriageway will link the crossing to the A90 and M9 making use of the recently completed M9 spur.

To the north, a new dual carriageway will connect the bridge to the A90/M90, incorporating junction enhancements at Admiralty and Ferrytoll and road widening between those junctions.

State-of-the-art Intelligent Transport System technology will be used along the full length of the scheme from the M90 Halbeath Junction over the bridge to the M9.  This will improve traffic flow, reduce congestion and improve road safety.

By maximising the use of the existing road network, the connecting roads will result in less impact on the environment, properties and communities.

The connecting roads strategy has been one of the major pieces of work undertaken by the Forth Replacement Crossing team during 2008 and the early part of 2009 and the selected design is the result of a lengthy development process.  

The location and layout of key road junctions for the Forth Replacement Crossing was finalised in April 2009, following further design development work and consultation with the public and stakeholders.

More than 2,200 people attended exhibitions at a range of venues in Fife, Edinburgh and West Lothian in January and Transport Scotland received just over 200 responses to the consultation.  Comments relating to the key road junctions were factored into the design process to finalise the location and geometry of the junctions for South and North Queensferry.  These have also been discussed with representatives of the towns’ community councils and local authorities.

See the April 2009 Update for further information.