Kincardine Bridge
Coordinates: 56 ° 3 ′ 55 " N , 3 ° 43 ′ 38" W.
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| use | Road traffic | |
| Convicted | A985 ( Kincardine - Inverkeithing ) | |
| Subjugated | Firth of Forth | |
| place | Kincardine , Airth | |
| construction | Swing bridge | |
| overall length | 822 m | |
| Longest span | 111 m | |
| start of building | 1932 | |
| completion | 1936 | |
| planner | Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners | |
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The Kincardine Bridge is a road bridge over the Firth of Forth in Scotland , which carries the A985 ( Kincardine - Inverkeithing ) from Kincardine to Falkirk . Before the Forth Road Bridge was built, it was the closest road bridge over the Firth of Forth to the open sea.
The bridge was built from 1932 to 1936 according to plans by the engineering office Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners and made the detour via Stirling superfluous. The middle part of the bridge is designed as a swing bridge , so that shipping to the port of Alloa is not hindered by the bridge. The bridge is equipped with one lane in each direction and originally crossed the A876 (Kincardine - Airth ). It was also used after the Forth Road Bridge was opened to traffic for the alternative traffic from Edinburgh towards Northern Scotland when the Forth Road Bridge was closed for maintenance work, which often led to traffic jams in the streets of Kincardine.
In order to relieve Kincardine of through traffic and to cope with the increased volume of traffic, the Clackmannanshire Bridge was built, which was opened in 2008 and from then on the A876 passed Kincardine.
The Kincardine Bridge was temporarily closed in 2011 and underwent an extensive renovation. It is now a Category A Scottish Homeland Security .
Web links
- Kincardine Bridge. In: Structurae
- Kincardine Swing Bridge. In: Transport Heritage. Retrieved October 6, 2013 .