<P> The first crossing at what is now the site of the bridge was established in the 11th century by Margaret , queen consort of King Malcolm III , who founded a ferry service to transport religious pilgrims from Edinburgh to Dunfermline Abbey and St Andrews . Its creation gave rise to the port towns of Queensferry and North Queensferry , which remain to this day ; and the service remained in uninterrupted use as a passenger ferry for over eight hundred years . There were proposals as early as the 1740s for a road crossing at the site , although their viability was only considered following the construction of the Forth Bridge in 1890 . </P>
<P> The first crossing at what is now the site of the bridge was established in the 11th century by Margaret , queen consort of King Malcolm III , who founded a ferry service to transport religious pilgrims from Edinburgh to Dunfermline Abbey and St Andrews . Its creation gave rise to the port towns of Queensferry and North Queensferry , which remain to this day ; and the service remained in uninterrupted use as a passenger ferry for over eight hundred years . There were proposals as early as the 1740s for a road crossing at the site , although their viability was only considered following the construction of the Forth Bridge in 1890 . </P>
when was the first forth road bridge built
when was the first forth road bridge built
1890
1890