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The bridge was constructed between 1932 and 1936, to a design by Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners, Consulting Engineers, [3] and Architect, Donald Watson. It was the first road crossing of the River Forth downstream of Stirling, completed nearly thirty years before the Forth Road Bridge, which stands fifteen miles (24 km) to the south-east.
Kincardine, Fife. / 56.069; -3.719. Kincardine ( / kɪnˈkɑːrdɪn / kin-KAR-din; Scottish Gaelic: Cinn Chàrdainn [2]) or Kincardine-on-Forth is a town on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, in Fife, Scotland. The town was given the status of a burgh of barony in 1663. [3] It was at one time a reasonably prosperous minor port.
The Fife Coastal Path is a Scottish long distance footpath that runs from Kincardine to Newburgh along the coastline of Fife. The path was created in 2002, originally running from North Queensferry to Tayport. It was extended in 2011 with a new section running from Kincardine to North Queensferry, [2] then again in 2012 from Tayport to Newburgh ...
The inner firth, located between the Kincardine and Forth bridges, has lost about half of its former intertidal area as a result of land reclamation, partly for agriculture, but mainly for industry and the large ash lagoons built to deposit spoil from the coal-fired Longannet Power Station near Kincardine. Historic villages line the Fife ...
Listing by area of catchment. The major rivers of Scotland, in order of catchment, [ 2] are: River Tay c. 2,000 square miles (5,200 km 2) River Tweed 1,500 square miles (3,900 km 2) River Spey 1,097 square miles (2,840 km 2) Note: Imperial figures from quoted source; and metric figures less certain.
Tulliallan Castle is a large house in Kincardine, Fife, Scotland. It is the second structure to have the name, and is a mixture of Gothic and Italian style architecture set amid some 90 acres (36 hectares) of parkland just north of where the Kincardine Bridge spans the Firth of Forth. [1] It has been the home of the Scottish Police College ...
Kincardineshire. Kincardineshire or the County of Kincardine, also known as the Mearns (from the Scottish Gaelic A' Mhaoirne meaning "the stewartry"), is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area on the coast of north-east Scotland. It is bounded by Aberdeenshire on the north, and by Angus on the south-west.
The A977 is an A road in Scotland, connecting the Kincardine Bridge in Fife to the M90 motorway at Kinross. Route [ edit ] The A977 runs between the M90 junction 6 and a roundabout at the southern end of the Kincardine Bridge [1]