The original Forth Bridge (the only one which needs no adjective, ie the one which carries the railway.) Taken from South Queensferry on 1/11/2018:-

Forth Road Bridge with new Forth Road Bridge, the Queensferry Crossing, behind. Taken from South Queensferry:-

Photos from March 2017. Gap finally closed.

From South Queensferry:-

New bridge in full, Forth Road Bridge to right:-

From approach road to North Queensferry, Forth Road Bridge in background:-

Northern support pillar and cable stays:-

Northern cable stay tower:-

All three cable stay towers:-

South cable stay tower and support pillars. Work still being done where gap was closed:-

These were taken in late December 2016, so I’m a bit late getting round to posting them. The first three are views from North Queensferry, the later ones are from South Queensferry.

North support pillar:-

North cable stay tower:-

Central and south cable stay towers:-

Last gap in bridge:-

Close up on final gap. This is the one where I heard the support pillar’s foundations had been a bit suspect:-

Looking over Port Edgar Yacht Club:-

New bridge in full (except for last gap):-

Three Bridges Panorama. From left, Queensferry Crossing, Forth Road Bridge, Forth Bridge from South Queensferry side:-

These were taken around nine months ago before the gap in the roadway was finally closed.

From north bank of River Forth:-

Closer view:-

North cable stay tower and northern support pillar, from North Queensferry:-

Central and south cable stay towers from North Queensferry:-

These were taken at twilight a couple of days later. From South Queensferry:-

Showing still to be completed roadway gap at south end:-

Near full span at twilight from South Queensferry:-

Photos taken on 3/6/2016.

North and central cable stay towers from South Queensferry. First Forth Road Bridge to right:-

South cable stay tower:-

Southern approach pillar and cable stay tower:-

Gap between southern approach pillar and cable stay tower portion – still unfilled 7 months later:-

First Forth Road Bridge with Queensferry Crossing behind:-

Northern approach pillar – section now joined to north cable stay tower section:-

Northern cable stay tower from North Queensferry:-

Central and southern cable stay towers from North Queensferry:-

Photos taken 11/2/2016.

North Support Pillar:-

North cable stay tower:-

Service boat near north cable stay tower:-

Centre cable stay tower from North Queensferry:-

South and centre cable stay towers and south support pillar from South Queensferry. I have read there’s a problem with this pillar as it’s leaning a bit:-

South, centre and north cable stay towers plus first Forth Road Bridge to right:-

New bridge seen through the original Forth Road Bridge:-

Queensferry Crossing is the name of the New Forth Road Bridge, now under construction. Personally I think they ought to have embraced the pun and called it the Fifth Bridge since there are now two bridges at Kincardine-on-Forth plus the Forth Bridge (the rail bridge) and the Road Bridge.

I started taking photographs in October 2014 but haven’t got round to posting them till now. The first three are from the North Queensferry side.

This is a support pillar for the carriageway on the north side:-

The northern cable stay tower:-

Centre and southern cable stay towers:-

These three are from the South Queensferry end.

South support pillars and bridge starting to be winched out. Note temporary cable stay arrangement:-

All three cable stay towers:-

Original Forth Road Bridge plus new crossing’s centre and north cable stay towers:-

On the way back from Dalmeny though South Queensferry I noticed a new memorial. I mentioned in this post that there was a lack of a proper memorial to those who died while building the Forth Bridge.

That omission has now been rectified.

The Forth Bridge was opened in 1890 or so and it has taken until now to commemorate by name those who died in its building.

Dalmeny is up quite a steep hill from South Queensferry (then turn right and keep going for about half a mile.)

The War Memorial is at the one road junction in the village.

This side shows Great War names.

The North side has Second Word War names including a woman, Dorothy Morrison.

According to a comment on the Scottish War Memorials website Ms Morrison was in the Auxiliary Territorial Service and is buried in Queensferry Cemetery.

On Saturday we took a wee trip to South Queensferry really just for something to do but also to check out an antique shop we’d seen featured on the TV. (We didn’t buy anything in the end.)

Just by the jetty from where the boat trips to Inchcolm island set off there is this sculpture. The plaque mentions there is a large grey seal colony on the island.

South Queensferry is of course dominated by the two Forth Bridges but mainly by the original (rail) Forth Bridge. The trains seem to be every few minutes one way or the other. They look like toys against the Bridge’s sheer size. Here’s one coming off the bridge to the south. The photo captured the reflections in the water quite well.

The local shops etc make great play of the bridge connection. This is the Rail Bridge Bistro and Gift Shop.

I like the way the Rail Bridge motif is maintained on the fencing to the left front and also on the door handles on the entrance.

The sculpture of one of the bridge spans is to commemorate those who built the bridge.

This, I believe, contains the only commemoration to those who died in its construction, who are not enumerated individually anywhere. (Edited to add:- there is now such a memorial on the pavement opposite to this.)

A couple more pictures of South Queensferry have been added to my South Queensferry flickr set.