Tour Scotland travel video of an early Winter late afternoon road trip drive, with Scottish music, from St Andrews through Guardbridge and Leuchars in Fife, then over the Tay Road Bridge on visit to the city centre of Dundee, Tayside. The A91 road starts outside St Andrews, the A919 road road starts off in Guardbridge and heads north towards Leuchars. The A914 road heads North to the A92 road and across the Tay Road Bridge to Dundee. The Tay Road bridge which spans the Firth of Tay from Newport on Tay in Fife to Dundee was designed by William Fairhurst and construction began in March 1963 with the infilling of West Graving Dock, King William Dock and Earl Grey docks in Dundee. The construction was undertaken by Duncan Logan Construction Limited. Controversially, construction required the demolition of Dundee's Royal Arch where Queen Victoria had entered the city on a royal visit. Rubble from the Victoria arch was used as foundations for the on-ramp. The completed bridge was officially opened by the Queen Mother on 18 August 1966.
The name " Dundee " is made up of two parts: the common Celtic place name element dun, meaning fort; and a second part that may derive from a Celtic element, cognate with the Gaelic dè, meaning fire. Over the years, the name Dundee has been spelled Dunde, Dundee and others. John Dundee, aged 25, arrived in South Australia in 1854 aboard the ship Marion; George Dundee arrived in Maryland, America, in 1664; William Dundee landed in North America in 1730.
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