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Queensferry Crossing

road bridge across the Firth of Forth, Scotland
Place Cable Stayed Bridge Q8564816

Facts

22 properties

Identity

Instance of
cable-stayed bridge, road bridge[5]
Inception
August 30, 2017[11]
Official website
www.theforthbridges.org[15]
Official name
Queensferry Crossing, Forth Replacement Crossing[17]

Location

Country
United Kingdom[4]
Location
Edinburgh[9]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 56.005°, -3.413°[12]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Fife, City of Edinburgh[2][3]

Population and size

Height
+207[20]
Length
+2638[19]
More facts +12
Follows
Forth Road Bridge[6]
Capital cost
+1350000000[21]
Carries thoroughfare
M90 motorway[22]
Crosses
Firth of Forth[7]
Date of official opening
August 30, 2017[18]
Foundational text
Forth Crossing Act 2011[10]
Has part(s) of the class
tower, electrical cable, pylon[23][24]
Historic county
West Lothian, Fife
Longest span
+650
Made from material
steel[8]
Number of spans
+2[16]
Significant event
construction, opening[13][14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Forth replacement crossing en Forth Replacement Crossing en Queensferry Crossing ar معبر كوينزفيري cs Forth Replacement Crossing de Forth Replacement Crossing en-gb Forth Replacement Crossing en-gb Forth replacement crossing fr Forth Replacement Crossing fr Nouveau pont du Forth fr Queensferry Crossing ja クイーンズフェリー・クロッシング橋 nl Forth Replacement Crossing vi Cầu Queensferry Crossing zh 昆斯费里大桥
🔖 Identifiers · 11
VIAF cluster ID
309846784
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no2014090209
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Queensferry Crossing view01 2017-03-16.jpg ↗
BBC Things ID
7ecd64a7-8853-4a72-9e3f-101c951c2a54
BabelNet ID
16404738n
Brueckenweb ID
50000
Canmore ID
320250
Freebase ID
/m/0jt978j
Gazetteer for Scotland place ID
features/featurefirst91950
OpenStreetMap way ID
556250583
Structurae structure ID
20035508

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🔗 Connections
Has part(s) of the class 3
tower, electrical cable, pylon
Instance of 2
cable-stayed bridge, road bridge
Located in the administrative territorial entity 2
Fife, City of Edinburgh
Carries thoroughfare 1
M90 motorway
Country 1
United Kingdom
Crosses 1
Firth of Forth
Follows 1
Forth Road Bridge
Location 1
Edinburgh
Made from material 1
steel
Preceded by (successor) 1
Forth Road Bridge
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Summary

Queensferry Crossing is a cable-stayed bridge[1].

Body

Geography

Located in include Fife[2], a council area[25], in United Kingdom[26] and City of Edinburgh[3], a council area[27], in United Kingdom[28].

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Atomdestroyers · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Foundational text → Forth Crossing Act 2011
    Historic county → West Lothian, Fife
    Crosses → Firth of Forth
    Significant event → construction, opening
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: OpenStreetMap way ID: 556250583"
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