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| ID Number: | PA02-0303 |
| Description: | Forth Road Bridge |
| Country or State: | United Kingdom |
| Year: | 04 September 1964 |
| Face Value: | 3 d - British penny (old) |
| Perforation: | comb 15 x 14 |
| Printing: | Photogravure |
| Dimensions (B x H): | 41 x 24 mm |
| Emission: | 108,098,480 |
| Catalog Number: | Michel GB 382x Stamp Number GB 418 Yvert et Tellier GB 395 Stanley Gibbons GB 659 AFA number GB 376 Unificato GB 395 |
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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. |
