Spring Road Trip Drive With Music From Newport On Tay Over Road Bridge On Visit To Dundee Scotland

Tour Scotland Spring travel video of a May road trip drive, with Scottish music, from Newport on Tay in Fife across the Tay Road Bridge which spans the Firth of Tay on visit to Dundee in Tayside. The Tay Road Bridge carries the A92 road across the Firth of Tay from Newport-on-Tay in Fife to Dundee in Scotland, just downstream of the Tay Rail Bridge. At around 1.4 miles long it is one of the longest road bridges in Europe, and was opened in 1966, replacing the old Tay ferry. The bridge was designed by consulting engineers WA Fairhurst & Partners of Glasgow and Dundee, under the direct supervision of the firm's founding partner, civil engineer William Fairhurst. Newport on Tay was established near the endpoint of one part of a ferry route that itself was started in the 12th century. In 1715 a new pier and inn were built, the work being funded by the Guilds of Dundee which resulted in the settlement being nicknames " New Dundee ". Thomas Telford built a new harbour in the 1820s, and the town expanded and grew into a commuter suburb of Dundee as the prosperous jute manufacturers, industrialists and the middle and upper working class of Dundee established fashionable residences in Newport. The Fife Coastal Walking Path passes through Newport-on-Tay. The area itself is surrounded by views of the bridges that cross the River Tay and distant views of the Scottish Highlands. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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