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The Tay Road Bridge is an important road Bridge in Scotland . It crosses the Firth Of Tay from Newport-on-Tay in Fife to Dundee . It is around 1.4 miles long - making it one of the longest bridges in Europe - and slopes gradually downward towards Dundee. It carries the A92 Road across the Firth and carries traffic directly into the centre of Dundee, lying downstream of the Tay Rail Bridge . Tolls The bridge is one of the two remaining Toll Bridges in Scotland, and only charges traffic heading southbound. The current (March 2006) tolling regime is: The legislation enabling the levying of tolls has been renewed by Parliament (originally that of the UK but now the responsibility of the Scottish Executive ) repeatedly, most recently on March 1, 2006, where the toll remained unchanged. {Link without Title} Construction The bridge was designed by William Fairhurst and construction began in 1962 with the infilling of West Graving Dock, King William Dock and Earl Grey docks in Dundee. Construction also required the demolition of Dundees Royal Arch where Queen Victoria entered the city on royal visit. Following completion in 1966 at an estimated cost of £6 million, The Queen Mother opened the bridge on August 18 . A newsreel of this is available in the British Pathe web archive. The crossing had previously been made by a ferry service from Newport to Craigie Pier. Commemorative obelisk A 50 foot tall obelisk stands at the Newport side, and a smaller at the Dundee side to commemorate Willie Logan, director of the company that constructed the bridge, and another five workers, who died during construction. Both of these obelisks are designed as the piers of the bridge, each representing the height of the piers at that end of the bridge. External links |
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