Opened in 1890, The Forth Bridge is a Scottish icon that is recognised the world over as the most famous of cantilever designs.
Thanks to a decade-long renovation project overseen by Network Rail (2002-12) the Forth Bridge is now in the best condition it has ever been in.
The recent repainting of the Forth Bridge only took 10 years!
Transport Scotland said the freight service would provide a more efficient route for coal from the west of Scotland to Longannet Power Station and reduce rail congestion on the Forth Bridge.
The Forth Bridge will be one of a select group of locations that have been awarded World Heritage Site Status in the UK. These include the Heart of Neolithic Orkney, the Derwent Valley Mills and the Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd.
Like the Forth Bridge, the Palace of Westminster, with its cast iron Victorian roofs, its Neolithic heating systems and endless need for maintenance and repair will be crawling with builders and craftsmen rather than politicians - the institution it houses, though, is in unexpectedly good order.
So if a fifth line is to be built, or one of the current four substantially upgraded, it's not clear what happens to the shelved plans for electrifying lines through Stirling, Dunblane and Alloa, or the upgrade that could have linked Glasgow to the Forth Bridge.
The aim of the bill is to grant Scottish ministers the necessary powers to construct a new road bridge over the Firth of Forth, adjacent to the existing Forth Road Bridge, along with new and upgraded connecting roads.
"The Forth Road Bridge has provided 25 million vehicles every year with a connection between communities north and south of the Forth estuary whilst acting as a vital link in Scotland's transport network, " he said.
The famous route will be upgraded from Barnton Junction to the Forth Road Bridge.
However, government agency Transport Scotland said the replacement for the Forth Road Bridge was still essential.
Some of the country's best-known landmarks, including Edinburgh Castle and the Forth Rail Bridge, were plunged into darkness for the event.
Mr Watanabe worked as a construction foreman on the Forth Rail Bridge.
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Engineering graduate, Kaichi Watanabe, is pictured on the notes alongside an image of the Forth Rail Bridge on which he worked as a foreman.
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About 100 events are planned including a concert to open the Ryder Cup and a flotilla to celebrate the Forth Road Bridge's 50th anniversary.
Forth Road Bridge managers have said they are "optimistic" no lasting damage was done to its road surface following a lorry spill of hydraulic fluid.
Meanwhile, Transport Minister Keith Brown has said he was "puzzled" by claims that Edinburgh taxpayers could be hit with a multi-million pound compensation bill for roadworks leading to the new Forth road bridge.
On a separate transport issue, Transport Minister Keith Brown was asked whether the Scottish Government will have to compensate BP for potential damage to its pipeline during construction of the new Forth road bridge.
Despite hundreds of drivers being caught in traffic jams across the capital on the way to work, the traffic on the Forth Road Bridge was flowing without major delays, according to the bridge operators and police.
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She raised the issue after it was announced that Forth Crossing Bridge Constructors, the consortium responsible for delivering the principal contract for the crossing, had struck deals with "major international steel suppliers in China and the EU".
The victims were driven back and forth across the bridge over Rio's Guanabara Bay as the assault took place, police said.
The five options are Caledonia Bridge, Firth of Forth Crossing, St Margaret's Crossing, Queensferry Crossing and Saltire Crossing.
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Bridge operator's Forth Estuary Transport Authority (Feta) maintenance workers have installed several miles of ductwork to accommodate electrical wiring.
But Michael carried forth to help break barriers and bridge understandings.
The distinctive red cantilever bridge spans the Firth of Forth between the villages of South Queensferry and North Queensferry, and carries the railway line between Edinburgh and the north.
Christopher Dodd, in a New York Times piece yesterday, was suggesting that perhaps the White House should hold a summit to bridge the gaps and so forth.
Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill voted against the law which would allow the new bridge to be built across the River Forth.
Sir Thomas Bouch, the architect of the first Tay Bridge, proposed his own plans for the Forth, but these were rejected.
Ministers have insisted the new Forth crossing, to replace the existing 45-year-old bridge, would be delivered on budget and on time, by 2016.
The convener of the Forth Crossing Bill Committee, Jackson Carlaw, said all the committee unanimously backed a replacement bridge and could see no alternative to it.
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