Tay Road Bridge: Landfall in Dundee

Not Newport, but worth showing. The construction area in Dundee as work starts on the Tay Road Bridge in 1963. The sheer scale of disruption is evident. In the distance the clock tower of West Station, which would be demolished in 1965. Towards the Caird Hall, the Royal Arch still stands, built to commemorate the visit in 1844 of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The arch, designed by John Thomas Rochead who also designed Stirling’s Wallace Monument, would be demolished in 1964.