The Scotsman newspaper has launched a campaign to have the ailing Forth Road Bridge replaced before the structure may have to be closed to heavy goods vehicle traffic between 2013 and 2018 and for other traffic between 2019 and 2024. The serious corrosion of the main cables has focused attention on the 42 year old structure's life expectancy. Similar problems have been encountered with the Forth's sister bridge, the Severn Bridge in England.

Failure to act in time, whether by way of a new bridge or tunnel, could cost the Scottish economy hundreds of millions of pounds a year.

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