Queen's Bridge is a toll-free bridge in the city of

Perth, Scotland Perth (Scottish English, locally: ; gd, Peairt ) is a city in central Scotland, on the banks of the River Tay. It is the administrative centre of Perth and Kinross council area and the historic county town of Perthshire. It had a population o ...

. It spans the

River Tay The River Tay ( gd, Tatha, ; probably from the conjectured Brythonic ''Tausa'', possibly meaning 'silent one' or 'strong one' or, simply, 'flowing') is the longest river in Scotland and the seventh-longest in Great Britain. The Tay originates ...

, connecting Perth, on the western side of the river, to Bridgend, on its eastern side. It carries both automotive and pedestrian traffic of South Street, one of Perth's three main streets from

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times. It stands about downstream from Perth Bridge and is in length. Queen's Bridge replaced Victoria Bridge, which stood between 1902 and 1958–1959, and was opened by

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on 10 October 1960. The pier on the bridge's eastern side is a remnant of the previous structure.

Construction

The bridge was erected at a cost of £150,000, the work of Whatlings Ltd and consulting engineers F. A. MacDonald & Partners. Victoria Bridge was kept open during the construction of the new bridge by having its steel framework raised by , with what would become its successor built beneath it.

References

{{River Tay Bridges in Perth, Scotland Bridges across the River Tay Bridges completed in 1960 1960 establishments in Scotland