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Queensferry Crossing that Cost £1.35bn ,23,000 miles of cables, almost as long as the equator, 35,000 tonnes of steel, 15,000 workers is Britains tallest and worlds longest Bridge of its type
The Queen will be joined by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at the opening ceremony of the Queensferry Crossing on 4 September.
The £1.35bn bridge will open to traffic on 30 August, but it will close on 2 and 3 September to allow pedestrians to cross.
The opening ceremony will take place exactly 53 years after the Queen opened the Forth Road Bridge.
The new crossing will replace the existing road bridge as the main route between Edinburgh and Fife.
The Queensferry Crossing will be officially opened by The Queen, exactly 53 years to the day from when she opened the Forth Road Bridge.
More than 15,000 people have been involved in the project since the inception of plans for a new bridge in 2007;
It has created 1,200 jobs in the local area with thousands more indirectly employed;
Engineers used 23,000 miles of cables, almost enough to wrap around the earth’s equator;
A total of 35,000 tonnes of steel, the equivalent of 80 Boeing 747s, was used in construction;
It is 207m in height above high tide – 50m taller than the Forth Road Bridge and 97m more than the rail bridge
Source: Scottish government
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