Postcard view from south during the Tay Road Bridge Construction in 1964. Some of the columns already in place.
Postcard view of the new Road Bridge almost completed. The bridge has not yet been opened as the ferry can be seen still making its way over the river. Temporary bridge is still in place.
A photograph of East Newport, taken while the road bridge was under construction. Note the wooden temporary bridge, and pre-fab houses in Kerr Street and Tay Terrace.
Rail passengers arrive at East Newport by bus from Tayport. In May 1966 when the dual carriageway was being built to the road bridge the railway line to Tayport was breached and closed permanently. Passengers were taken to and from Tayport by bus..
Memorial column on roundabout at south end of road bridge. This memorial is in memory of the five workmen who died during road bridge construction, and of contractor Willie Logan who died in 1966 when his private plane crashed near Inverness. He never saw his bridge completed. The memorial is in the shape of one ...
Sadly Willie Logan, head of the construction firm responsible for building the Tay Road Bridge, was killed in an air crash during construction. He never saw his bridge completed. His gravestone near Strathpeffer is in the shape of a section of the Tay Bridge.
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 ...
Construction of the Road Bridge. Excavation within the coffer dam at pier number 2 looking downstream.
Tay Road Bridge under construction viewed from above the Tayport road. Cranes, temporary bridge and the first pillars are all visible. Closer to the photographer, the access road up to the roundabout is taking shape. Wondering whether the large stone almost central in the picture, close to the road and to the left of the ...
Massive upheaval above the Tayport road during construction of the Fife abutment, whilst all the time keeping the road to Tayport open.
Photograph shows the concrete foundation laid to receive pier number 42, just below the Tayport road.
Preparatory groundwork for Fife abutment.
Work being done creating the Fife abutment above the Tayport road.
A fine view of the columns striding along the temporary bridge.
Looking east over the Fife abutment as it gradually climbs up towards bridge level.
Base of the columns for pier number 42 on the Fife shore.
Superb photograph giving some idea of the massive upheaval at the Dundee end of the bridge. Dock Street looking much as it does today, and the skeleton road system starting to take shape.
The Fife abutment looking along Tay Street.
The temporary bridge with one of the coffer dams taking shape in the foreground.
Bridge beginning to take shape with pillars and girders in position.
The roadway towards the bridge is beginning to take shape. The railway line in the foreground would be used to transport the girders onto the temporary bridge.
A view towards the Fife landfall, with a coffer dam in the foreground, the final columns taking shape, and the Fife abutment.
The temporary bridge looking south, with the coffer dams ready for the piers and columns. In the distance the words Seymour Hotel can just be made out on the wall below the hotel, good advertising for passengers on the Fifie.
A tale of two halves. The bridge with its columns and cranes viewed from the Newport shore.