The Upper Forth Crossing is the name given to the project to build a third road bridge over the River Forth in Scotland. This article is about the edifice. ... The River Forth meanders over fertile farmlands near Stirling The River Forth, 47 km (29 miles) long, is the major river draining the eastern part of the central belt of Scotland. ... This article is becoming very long. ...

The increasing levels of traffic using the existing Kincardine Bridge led to a public inquiry being held into options to ease traffic flow over the Forth and around the small town of Kincardine. In 2000 proposals were put forward for a number of alternatives, one of which was a new crossing running north-northwest of the existing bridge, bypassing the town of Kincardine altogether. The Kincardine Bridge on the River Forth. ... Kincardine or Kincardine-on-Forth is a small town located on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, in Fife, Scotland. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

In 2005 the new crossing was given the go-ahead, and construction began in June 2006, with the sod-cutting ceremony performed by the Scottish Transport Minister, Tavish Scott, accompanied by the Earl of Elgin who as a boy had performed the ceremony for the Kincardine Bridge. Tavish Scott (born 6 May 1966) is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Shetland, and Minister for Transport. ... Andrew Douglas Alexander Thomas Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin and 15th Earl of Kincardine, KT, CD (born 17 February 1924), styled Lord Bruce before 1968, is a Scottish nobleman. ...

As yet the bridge has not been named, although Clackmannanshire Council voted to suggest 'Clackmannanshire Bridge' - even though two other councils, Fife and Falkirk, are involved. Look Aboot Ye Clackmannanshire (Siorrachd Chlach Mhannainn in Gaelic) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy area, bordering Perth and Kinross, Stirling and Fife. ... Fife (Fìobh in Gaelic) is a council area of Scotland, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with landward boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire. ... Falkirk (an Eaglais Bhreac in Gaelic) is one of the 32 council areas in Scotland. ...

The bridge is expected to open to traffic in 2008.

External Links

• Upper Forth Crossing website
• Drive to name road bridge locally - BBC website