A contractor is being sought to replace expansion joints on the Forth Road Bridge.

Transport Scotland has started looking for a suitable company to undertake the £9 million eight-month scheme, with work scheduled to begin in spring 2018.

The main expansion joints, located at the north and south main towers, are of the 'roller shutter' or rolling leaf type.

They were developed, fabricated and installed by the German firm Demag AG. It is believed these joints are the largest and oldest of their type in existence. Replacement joints will be a modified version of the same joint.

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Principal elements of the works comprise, but are not limited to:

• Replacement of the carriageway expansion joints at the north and south main towers

• Replacement of the carriageway expansion joints on the north and south approach viaducts

• Replacement of the carriageway nosing joints at the north and south side towers

• Replacement of the footway/cycleway joints at the north and south main towers

• Replacement of the footway/cycleway joints at the north and south approach viaducts

• Provision of as constructed information

• Provision of the Health & Safety File

Transport Scotland is aiming to award the contract in autumn 2017.

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(LM/CD)