Date: 18/05/2021

An abandoned rail bridge could be given a new lease of life as part of new proposed active travel links between Clacks and Stirling.

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Abandoned Forth crossing may form part of active travel plan

Alloa Advertiser

AN ABANDONED rail bridge could be given a new lease of life as part of new proposed active travel links between Clacks and Stirling.

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View south through the surviving piers of Alloa swing bridge on 12 November 2011.
Location: Alloa Bridge
Company: Stirling and Dunfermline Railway
12/11/2011 Grant Robertson

The other Forth Bridge - Alloa - April 2006. View from the north shore of the Forth.
Location: Alloa Bridge
Company: Alloa Railway
27/04/2006 John Furnevel

'The other Forth Bridge', opened by the Alloa Railway in 1885, photographed looking north from Throsk towards Alloa and the Ochil Hills in 1966. The central 'swing' section of the bridge, incorporating a signal box mounted above the line, can be clearly seen. The last scheduled passenger train crossed the bridge in 1968 and the last freight two years later. Removal of the deck and superstructure took place during 1971, but the piers remain in the Forth to this day - see image [[8843]].
Location: Alloa Bridge
Company: Alloa Railway
//1966 Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven)

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