Queensferry Crossing

The Queensferry Crossing is a road bridge in Scotland. It was built alongside the existing and the . It carries the M90 motorway across the between , at , and , at .
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  • Type: Bridge
  • Description: road bridge across the Firth of Forth, Scotland
  • Also known as: “Forth replacement crossing” and “Forth Replacement Crossing”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Forth Road Bridge and Port Edgar.

Bridge
The is a suspension bridge that crosses the in . The bridge opened in 1964 and, at the time, was the longest suspension bridge in the world outside the United States. is situated 2,100 feet east of Queensferry Crossing.

Marina
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is a marina on the southern shore of the , immediately west of the and the town of , in , Scotland. is situated 3,300 feet south of Queensferry Crossing.

Public aquarium
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is an aquarium located in the village of in , Scotland. It is host to a collection of large sand tiger sharks, also known as ragged toothed sharks or grey nurse sharks, and various other species of shark. is situated 1 mile northeast of Queensferry Crossing.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Queensferry and South Queensferry.

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is a village in in central Scotland, with a population of just over 1000 in 2022. It's on the north bank of the Firth of Forth, at a narrow point that has been a ferry crossing for many centuries.

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is a town on the south bank of the Firth of Forth in , 10 miles west of Edinburgh. Historically it was the ferry port for crossing to Fife, then in modern times it acquired three bridges.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet in , Scotland, on the south side of 's Inner Bay. The nearby carries the Fife Circle Line over the hamlet, and the M90 passes by to the west.

Queensferry Crossing

Latitude
56.00272° or 56° 0′ 10″ north
Longitude
-3.41382° or 3° 24′ 50″ west
Inception
2017
Width
131 feet (40 metres)
Open location code
9C8R2H3P+3F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 556250583
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­bridge
Wiki­data ID
Q8564816
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Queensferry Crossing” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “معبر كوينزفيري”
  • Basque: “Queensferry Crossing”
  • Bavarian: “Forth Replacement Crossing”
  • Bavarian: “Queensferry Crossing”
  • Catalan: “Queensferry Crossing”
  • Chinese: “昆斯费里大桥”
  • Czech: “Forth Replacement Crossing”
  • Czech: “Queensferry Crossing”
  • Dutch: “Forth Replacement Crossing”
  • Dutch: “Queensferry Crossing”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “معبر كوينزفيرى”
  • French: “Forth Replacement Crossing”
  • French: “Nouveau pont du Forth”
  • French: “Queensferry Crossing”
  • German: “Forth Replacement Crossing”
  • German: “Queensferry Crossing”
  • Indonesian: “Queensferry Crossing”
  • Italian: “Queensferry Crossing”
  • Japanese: “クイーンズフェリー・クロッシング橋”
  • Scots: “Queensferry Crossing”
  • Slovak: “Forth Replacement Crossing”
  • Slovak: “Queensferry Crossing”
  • Vietnamese: “Cầu Queensferry Crossing”

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Highlights include Beamer Rock and Long Craig.

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