Scotland- Forth Road Bridge closed until New Year!

Was down in Edinburgh on Wednesday night. came over the bridge at about 8PM pretty quite. coming back yesterday, went via Stirling miles quicker than the bridge.
 
Beezerk said:
Bloody hell, they said on the radio this morning it would only be for 24 hours.
Glad I don't have a job lined up that way before xmas, would have been a mare.
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Yeah the plan was for 24h I believe, but they found some structural damage that needs fixing.
Thankfully for me the only time I need to go that way is when we go to Dundee, and going via Perth is much quicker anyway.
 
This causes me considerable inconvenience and I work in Glasgow and dont go near the bridge.
A journey that takes me 15 minutes normally took 2 hours this morning due to re-routing through villages not equipped to handle volumes of traffic that high.
Also doesnt help with people driving like idiots as there were 5 separate accidents this morning alone.
Chaos for the foreseeable.
 
This is an absolute nightmare - an essential part of the country's road network.

I'm just glad I don't live in Fife with a regular commute into Edinburgh but that's any notion of a trip north off the agenda for the foreseeable future.
 
Blimey that's not good - 50 miles of diversions

Seems it's the sensible move though
 
GreiginFife said:
December 2016 allegedly. On target and underbudget we keep getting told...
I think closing the bridge is sensible, not having indicated diversions in place beforehand that make sense and avoid bottlenecks (they do exist) is not sensible.
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I just hope the problem is fixable. The length of the closure seems very open-ended!
 
Thru there on Tuesday to get the wives car serviced think i will pass on that till next year,can't be bothered with the traffic
 
Beezerk said:
Hobbit will struggle towing his gypsy caravan to Aberdeen no doubt.
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Do you want your drive doing Mr?

We had fun coming back down on Wednesday, came back via Stirling and the A69. I'm back up Monday. And I hope it is finished by the 30th, when we travel up there with our worldly possessions.
 
I had to take my son to Edinburgh Airport on Wednesday morning and luckily heard about the contraflow the night before, but it wasn't well publicised. I decided to go the long way round via Stirling and even that took over 2 hours. Luckily he made the flight and his connection to Vancouver.
Travelling round the Edinburgh City Bypass later in the afternoon and knowing about the contraflow, my TomTom showed delays of 20 minutes on that route. I decided to give it a go, after all 20 mins in traffic is less than the time it would take to drive back round by Stirling. Two hours later, I finally reached the bridge having hit the queue just after the last turn off before the bridge.
I have a game of golf arranged at Longniddry on Sunday and I'm in two minds whether or not to go.
 
jdpjamesp said:
Yeah the plan was for 24h I believe, but they found some structural damage that needs fixing.
Thankfully for me the only time I need to go that way is when we go to Dundee, and going via Perth is much quicker anyway.
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I'm slightly confused. From the south, the quickest way to get to Perth or Dundee is to cross the FRB.
 
CliveW said:
I'm slightly confused. From the south, the quickest way to get to Perth or Dundee is to cross the FRB.
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That depends whereabouts in the south you are. For me in the west, straight up the M9/A9 past Stirling is shorter and quicker if heading for Perth.
 
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