Forth road bridge closed - merged

dave_k:

Cruise Control:

Colingl:
Usually when it is breezy it’s only closed to double deckers and trucks.

These are the diversion routes ALL traffic is having to use

Southbound traffic is currently being diverted from the M90 motorway at the Admiralty junction onto the A985 to Kincardine.

Northbound traffic on approach to the Forth Road Bridge is being diverted off the A90 at Echline and can travel along the A904 to join the M9 at Junction 2, or be turned around to travel to M9 J1A.

Adds about 35 miles to your journey.

But as no traffic can use the FRB, journeys times are a bit of a lottery.

So add 45min give take normal conditions, looking on Google maps what’s that bridge to the right of the FRB? looks like a local road bridge? Don’t mean the rail bridge.

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Yeah pretty much. Its an old but reliable bridge, also a new one (Clackmannanshire) bridge right next to it, A985 can be a nightmare though. A977 (m90 j6 to Clackmannanshire bridge) is a half decent alternative.

The bridge just to the right (East) of the FRB is actually the Rail Bridge, but clicking on the icon on Maps describes it as the road bridge! I have sent a feedback note to Google Maps to correct this to save confusion. There is no other bridge East of the Rail Bridge this side of the North Sea as far as I know.