Clackmannanshire Bridge Drochaid Chlach Mhannainn | |
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Coordinates | 56°04′22″N 3°44′12″W / 56.07285°N 3.736725°W |
Carries | Motor vehicles (A876 road) Cyclists Pedestrians |
Crosses | Firth of Forth |
Locale | Fife (North bank), Falkirk (South bank) |
Official name | Clackmannanshire Bridge |
Maintained by | BEAR Scotland |
Preceded by | A91 road |
Followed by | Kincardine Bridge |
Characteristics | |
Design | Concrete piers and post-tension box beam |
Total length | 1.2 km (0.75 mi) |
Width | Three lanes of traffic |
No. of lanes | 3 (1 northbound, 2 southbound) |
History | |
Designer | Benaim & WA Fairhurst |
Constructed by | Morgan Vinci |
Construction cost | £120 million |
Opened | 19 November 2008 |
Statistics | |
Daily traffic | 20,000 vehicles per day |
Location | |
The Clackmannanshire Bridge (Scottish Gaelic: Drochaid Chlach Mhannainn) is a road bridge over the Firth of Forth in Scotland which opened to traffic on 19 November 2008. Prior to 1 October 2008 the bridge was referred to as the upper Forth crossing while the name was chosen.[1]