Basic Site Details

Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
	Classification	Original classification?	Notes
	Bridge
	Road bridge

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
	From	To	Event type	Notes
	30 May 1958		Proposed	'Dundee Corporation and Fife County Council ..to hold and 'origin and destination' suvery of traffic...Provisional order under consideration by Dundee Town Council.' per Builder p1016
	21 November 1958		Scheme accepted	'The proposed road bridge over the Tay has received Governmental blessing...the [Secretary of State for Scotland] could not fix a date for the start, as the Forth road bridge and the Clyde tunnel must take priority. The are to be further discussions locally on the most suitable site for the Dundee approach.' per Builder p894
	25 December 1959		Proposed	Dundee TC/Dundee Harbour Board agreement reached on north terminal; Road Bridge Commission now seeking approval from Secretary of State for Scotland for trial borings on route from Craighead, Newport to King William Dock, Dundee Harbour per Builder p956
	1960	1965	Build/construction	est. 2 years prep work; est. 3 years construction per Builder p82
	2 September 1960		Scheme accepted	'Tay Road Bridge included in the government's £31m. Scottish road programme for the next five years' per Builder p450
	26 May 1961		Proposed	further investigations of pier sites in the river bed and acquisition of land from Harbour Board to allow dock to be filled in and used as base during construction per Builder p1023
	18 August 1961		Build/construction	preliminary work on approach roads, including filling in of harbour and Earl Grey dock to start soon per Builder p322
	November 1961		Build/construction	Fife County Council applied to Secretary of State for Scotland for provisional order to provide for construction and maintenance of road bridge between Dundee and the County of Fife and approach roads and to establish a joint board to make provision for abandonment of existing ferry service btwn Dundee and Newport-on-Tay per Builder 7 July 1961 p43
	July 1962		Build/construction	delay to start of construction due to requirement for Parliamentary approval to dispose of part of harbour per Builder 25 Aug 1961 p369
	1963	1967	Build/construction	construction to start in 1963 on £4m road bridge and take four years to complete and Air Ministry approval granted for scheduled air services to serve the surrounding area per Builder 24 Feb 1961 p384

People

Design and Construction

The following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column.
	Name	Role	Partnership Group	From	To	Notes
	F A MacDonald & Partners			8 January 1960		appointed consulting engineers per Builder p82
	W A Fairhurst & Partners		B	1963	1966	Executed the work?

Related Buildings, Structures and Designs

Child Structures

This structure or site has the following component or child structures (click on an item to view details):
	Building Name	Notes
	Tay Road Bridge Terminal Development	Plans in the terminal area of the bridge include a hotel, swimming pool, multi-storey car park, shelters and buildings for artistic & cultural activities

Parent Structure and Site

This structure is related to the following parent structure or site (click the item to view details):
	Building name	Notes
	Dundee Development Plan

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
	Author(s)	Date	Title	Part	Publisher	Notes
	Gifford, John	2012	The Buildings of Scotland: Angus and Dundee		Yale	p147
	Pride, Glen L	1990	The Kingdom of Fife		Edinburgh: Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland	p180
	RCAHMS	1992	Dundee on Record		RCAHMS	p56 View of navigation channel (1965) p70 View of Dundee approach intersection under construction (1965) p71 Image of the grave of William Logan, contractor, whose tombstone recreates a section of the Tay Road Bridge at its southern end (1982) p71

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
	Periodical Name	Date	Edition	Publisher	Notes
	Builder	30 May 1958			'Tay Bridge Road Survey' p1016
	Builder	21 November 1958			'Tay Road Bridge' p894
	Builder	25 December 1959			p956
	Builder	8 January 1960			'Tay Road Bridge Engineers' p82
	Builder	2 September 1960			'The Tay Bridge' p450
	Builder	24 February 1961			'Start on Road Bridge Authorised' p384
	Builder	26 May 1961			'Tay Road Bridge Scheme' p1023
	Builder	7 July 1961			'New Tay Road Bridge' p43
	Builder	18 August 1961			p322
	Builder	25 August 1961			p369