Forth Road Bridge 50th Anniversary

Forth Road Bridge 50th anniversary with four Scottish definitive stamps and South Queensferry postmark 4th September 2014 and doubled with a special 1964 Forth Road Bridge 3d stamp and cachet.

The Forth Road Bridge is a suspension bridge in east central Scotland. The bridge opened in 1964 and at the time was the longest suspension bridge in the world outside the United States. The bridge spans the Firth of Forth, connecting Edinburgh, at South Queensferry, to Fife, at North Queensferry. It replaced a centuries-old ferry service to carry vehicular traffic, cyclists and pedestrians across the Forth; railway crossings are made by the nearby Forth Bridge, opened in 1890.