21-895: Royal Arch may refer to: Royal Arch (structure) , erected in Dundee to commemorate a visit to the city by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1844. A vault said to have been built underneath Solomon's Temple Royal Arch Route , a hiking trail to the Royal Arch natural bridge in Grand Canyon National Park . Royal Arches (Yosemite) , granite arches in Yosemite National Park . In Freemasonry: The Holy Royal Arch , an appendant Masonic degree conferred in Great Britain, and much of Europe and
42-455: A final agreement to the cost of the project. 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 . Construction began in March 1963 with the infilling of West Graving Dock, King William Dock and Earl Grey docks in Dundee. The civil engineering construction
63-518: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Royal Arch (structure) The Royal Arch (also referred to as the Victoria Arch ) was a structure erected in Dundee , Scotland , between 1849 and 1853 and demolished in 1964. The monumental archway formerly stood over the access to the pier between Earl Grey Dock and King William IV Dock on
84-487: The 17th century, although Victoria often visited the city during her reign because it was on her route to Balmoral Castle . The first arch, designed by harbour engineer James Leslie , was made out of wood. Following a design competition for a more permanent structure, John Thomas Rochead , designer of the Wallace Monument near Stirling , was commissioned to design a permanent sandstone monument to replace
105-761: The Bridge. The Tay Road Bridge was built to replace the former Tay ferry service, popularly known in Dundee as "the Fifie". A passenger and vehicle ferry service across the River Tay operated from Craigie Pier, Dundee, to Newport-on-Tay. Until the opening of the road bridge, three vessels operated the service, namely the B. L. Nairn (a paddle steamer built in 1929); the Abercraig and the Scotscraig (diesel powered, fitted with Voith Schneider propellers and built in
126-635: The Caledon Shipyard in Dundee). The paddle steamer was only used when the other ferries needed maintenance. The paddle steamer was scrapped while the Scotscraig and Abercraig ended their days in Malta. The construction of the southern approach road resulted in the railway line from Tayport to Dundee terminating in Newport. The opening of the road bridge in 1966 eventually led to the closure of
147-710: The Commonwealth Royal Arch Masonry , the equivalent Royal Arch body as practiced as a part of the York Rite Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Royal Arch . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal_Arch&oldid=1240728621 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
168-456: The Dundee side and by ramps on the Fife side. Viewing platforms were once a feature of the Bridge, however they were removed in the 1990s. Traffic lights at each end of the bridge - and barriers on the south end - can be used to close the road to traffic if the conditions are unsafe. The bridge is closed to double-decker buses if the wind speed exceeds 45mph, to lorries, cyclists and pedestrians if
189-614: The bridge if they had run out of petrol. On 1 June 1991, one-way tolls were introduced, for southbound traffic only. The legislation enabling the levying of tolls was renewed by Parliament (originally that of the UK but now the responsibility of the Scottish Government ) repeatedly, most recently on 1 March 2006, where the toll remained unchanged. Although motorcycles were exempt; the tolls for cars, buses and heavy goods vehicles were 80p, £1.40 and £2.00, respectively. On 31 May 2007,
210-430: The city's waterfront. The arch was built to commemorate a visit to the city by Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince Albert , in 1844. Victoria and Albert were on a visit to Duke of Atholl and his nephew, Lord Glenlyon . The royal boat landed near a triumphal arch erected for the occasion and the couple returned and embarked for London on 1 October 1844. It was the first visit by a British monarch to Dundee since
231-404: The construction of the bridge, 140,000 tons of concrete, 4,600 tons of mild steel and 8,150 tons of structural steel was used. The bridge has a gradient of 1:81 running from 9.75 m (32.0 ft) above sea-level in Dundee to 38.1 m (125.0 ft) above sea-level in Fife. The bridge took 3½ years to build at a cost of approximately £6 million. Following the installation of
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#1732772059196252-529: The final 65 ton girder on 4 July 1966, the completed bridge was officially opened by the Queen Mother on 18 August 1966. A newsreel of this is available in the British Pathe web archive. For four days, many took advantage of the toll-free period to cross the bridge. A single path for pedestrians and cyclists is located between the two road carriageways. This is accessed by stairs or a lift on
273-757: The landmark. The V&A Dundee , which opened in 2018, features an arch as part of the building design which was inspired by the old arch. Tay Road Bridge 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 2,250 metres (1.4 mi), it is one of the longest road bridges in Europe, and
294-403: The line in 1969. A 50-foot-tall (15 m) obelisk stands at the Newport side, and a smaller one at the Dundee side, to commemorate Willie Logan , managing director of the company that constructed the bridge who was killed in a plane crash near Inverness, and five workers who died during construction. Both of these obelisks are designed as the piers of the bridge, each representing the height of
315-503: The piers at that end of the bridge. The bridge was opened formally on 18 August 1966, by the Queen Mother , and the bridge authorities organised a day of free events on Sunday 21 August 2016 to celebrate the occasion. The bridge was originally a bidirectional toll road with the original 1966 toll for motorcycles, cars and goods vehicles of 1/- , 2/6 and 10/- , respectively. Heavy fines were imposed on drivers who broke down on
336-515: The slip roads for the new road bridge. Fragments of the arch were uncovered while the waterfront was being redeveloped in 2010, and its foundations were uncovered in 2014. In 2015, a petition was launched to build a replica of the arch. The Dundee City Council has stated that they "could never have rebuilt something like [the Royal Arch]", but granite paving slabs were put on the site of the arch, and four trees were planted nearby to commemorate
357-511: The wind speed exceeds 60mph, and to all traffic at 80mph. In 2002, a Tay FM competition to find a slogan for the bridge was abandoned after the slogan with the most votes – "It's all downhill to Dundee" – (reflecting the bridge's downward angle) was deemed unsuitable. In September 2017, after a successful campaign by Wave 102 to give the bridge a nickname, the bridge was officially nicknamed "Steve" by Chris Duke and Councillor Stewart Hunter. The nickname "Steve" won an online poll to nickname
378-483: The wooden arch. The Royal Arch, commonly known in Dundee as the Victoria Arch, was described as being in the "Anglo-Norman" style and consisted of a large triumphal arch , flanked by two smaller side arches, surmounted by two central turrets. It was situated between King William IV Dock and Earl Grey Dock on the south side of Dock Street, between the junctions of Castle Street, and Whitehall Crescent. The structure
399-623: Was 80 feet (24 m) across. Costing between £2,270 and £3,000, it was mostly funded by public subscription and the harbour trustees. The arch was demolished on 16 March 1964, as part of land reclamation work required for the construction of the Tay Road Bridge . The structure was dynamited and the rubble deposited in both the King William IV and the Earl Grey Docks. Afterwards, the docks were land-filled to accommodate
420-482: Was opened in 1966, replacing the old Tay ferry. As part of the modernisation projects of the 1950s, a road bridge across the Tay had been considered for several years. In August 1958 a traffic census was undertaken and test bores were taken in order to establish the most suitable location for a bridge crossing. Despite government opposition to the project, local lobbying, led by Dundee businessman Sir Douglas Hardie , brought
441-476: Was undertaken by Duncan Logan Construction Ltd. and steelwork by Dorman Long (Bridge and Engineering) Ltd. 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 bridge consists of 42 spans with a navigation channel located closer to the Fife side. During
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