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You can tell that many of my contributions are aerial panoramas, so I couldn't turn down the opportunity to climb 512 feet to the top of one of the main towers of the Forth Road Bridge and take a panorama. A lift takes you most of the way up the tower but the final 50 feet is by ladder, appearing out on the cross-beam of the tower (you can see other people standing here). A final external ladder takes you to the highest point, above the cable saddle, beside the navigation beacon. From here you can see North Queensferry / Fife (long side of bridge) and South Queensferry / Lothian (short side of bridge). To the east, running parallel to the road bridge, is the Forth (Rail) Bridge opened in 1890. Work is due to start on a second road bridge on the west side of this bridge, and is due to be completed in 2016. When this is complete there will be three bridges here from 3 centuries, 19th Century cantilever, 20th Century cable suspension, and 21st Century cable stay. Each representing design excellence from its era. Behind the scene : how this panorama was made
Here is a full resolution version of the Forth Road Bridge South Tower more Kite Aerial Photograph and Remote Control Photography 
Shortcut to this page: http://worldwidepanorama.org/wwp_rss/go/n7143
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