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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 840780
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/840780
NS98NW 59 92560 87164 (NS 92134 86942 to NS 92831 87305)
Kincardine on Forth Bridge [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1991.
Location formerly entered as NS 92561 87163.
Not to be confused with later (fixed) Clackmannanshire Bridge (also known as Upper Forth Crossing) built upstream at NS c. 9206 8836 to c. 9201 8693: see NS98NW 342.
Central swing span at NS 92560 87163.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
(Location cited as NS 921 869 - NS 928 873). Kincardine Bridge, opened 1936. Steel-girder bridge, 2,696ft (822m) long with a central 364ft (111m) swing span, in the form of a steel truss with central bowed portion.
J R Hume 1976.
By Alexander Gibb & Partners, 1932-6, and the earliest road crossing over the Forth built E of Stirling. Steel girders on concrete piers, the central section made to open. Quite straightforward, apart from suburban Art Deco concrete decoration above bridge level.
J Gifford 1988.
The bridge spans the Forth at Kincardine. There are no changes to the NMR description. A new bridge is under consideration because of the poor condition of the existing bridge.
Site recorded by GUARD during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, 'The Firth of Forth from Dunbar to the Coast of Fife' , 21 February 1996.
This bridge carries the A876 (T) public road over the River Forth immediately SW of the town of Kincardine (NS98NW 48); the river here forms the barrier between the parishes of Tulliallan (Fife) and Airth (Stirlingshire). The swinging mechanism is no longer operational, and the fixed bridge forms a significant barrier to navigation. The bridge is approached up a curving concrete-based North Approach Road from the NE, and up a gently-sloping ramp from the SW.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 8 December 2000.
The location assigned to this record defines the central pivot of the swinging span, which apparently extends from NS c. 92507 87136 to NS c. 92162 87192. Prolonged approaches extend from NS c. 92295 87025 to NS c. 92809 87295. The Northern Approach Road has recently been extended to the E, both to keep traffic away from Kincardine-on-Forth and to allow access to the projected site of the second (replacement) bridge.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 2 March 2006.
