Forth Bridge: North Queensferry Approach
Forth Bridge: North Queensferry Approach
A vital £7.5m project to refurbish and repaint the North Queensferry approach span to the world famous Forth Bridge.
In 2020, work began on a £7.5m project to refurbish and repaint the North Queensferry approach span to the world famous Forth Bridge.
The refurbishment, completed in late 2022, was undertaken by Balfour Beatty who will deliver a range of vital maintenance projects around the 130-year-old structure.
Why?
The Forth Bridge has been a key part of Scotland’s Railway for over a century and this work on the approach spans to the famous structure is vital to ensure we continue to maintain a safe and reliable railway.
What will change?
The north approach span, which carries the railway over North Queensferry, has been repainted with the same glass-flake epoxy paint system used to restore the bridge itself during the decade-long, £130m refurbishment programme completed by Network Rail, and main contractor Balfour Beatty, in 2011.