2014

NT1278 : Port Edgar Marina

taken 9 years ago, near to Forth Road Bridge, Edinburgh, Great Britain

This is 1 of 17 images, with title Port Edgar Marina in this square
Port Edgar Marina
Port Edgar Marina
Through the masts of the remaining yachts moored at Port Edgar you can see all three of the towers of the new Queensferry Crossing.
The Queensferry Crossing :: NT1280

A rather stilted name for the project to construct a second Forth Road Bridge, as the original [1964] one is wearing out, the Forth Replacement Crossing has now been replaced by the democratically chosen official name. The FRC Bill was approved by the Scottish Parliament in December 2010, and the Bill received Royal Assent in January 2011. Construction began in September 2011 and the bridge is expected to open in 2016, at an estimated cost of £790m. The constructors are Forth Crossing Bridge Constructors [FCBC], a consortium of four companies [Dragados, Hochtief, American Bridge International and Morrison Construction].
Update August 31 2017. Handed over to the Scottish Government on August 28 2017, with an evening light show - more or less finished, late but under budget; opened to traffic on 30 August for two days, then closed to allow around 50000 people to walk across at the weekend [normally, as a motorway, no pedestrians allowed]; to be officially opened by HM Queen Elizabeth II on 4 September 2017; and finally opened for general use on 7 September.


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This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Queensferry Crossing [41] · Port Edgar Marina [38] · New Queensferry Crossing [19] · Yachts are Moored [4] Title Clusters: · Port Edgar Marina [17] ·
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NT1278, 369 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Anne Burgess   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 2 December, 2014   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 4 December, 2014
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NT 1208 7889 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:59.6927N 3:24.6663W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NT 1210 7885
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North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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