Map showing the original four ferry crossings on the Tay: Dundee-Balmerino; Dundee-Woodhaven; Dundee-Seamills (Newport); and Broughty Ferry-Ferryport-on-Craig (Tayport).
in 1842, plans were drawn up for a floating bridge, or chain ferry. It would cross from Craighead to Dundee harbour, almost the same line as the road bridge over 120 years later.