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17TH World Congress on Road Winter Service, Resilience and Decarbonisation - Pre-proceedings of the Congress

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  • IP0269 - Implementation of resilience measures for the Queensferry Crossing during ice accretion events
    David BISHOP , Nick FORBES , Hazel MCDONALD , Billy MINTO

    Since its opening in 2017, the Queensferry Crossing, a major three span cable stayed bridge over the Forth Estuary, has been closed on four occasions due to snow-ice accreting to the overhead stay cables and towers and falling onto the carriageway below. Falling snow-ice fragments have caused damage to vehicles requiring the bridge to be closed to prevent a serious road accident. The implementation [...]