iNews | Pioneering engineering: a brief history of the Forth Bridges iNews The newest addition to the Forth Estuary, the Queensferry Crossing bridge, is set to open on 30 August 2017. People have been crossing the water at Queensferry since as far back as the 12th century, but it wasn't until the Victorian era that it became ... A mammoth engineering feat, Scotland's third Forth bridge is ready to open |