Forth Road Bridge repairs complete

Emergency repairs being carried out on the Forth Road Bridge over the weekend finished ahead of schedule.

The works, to replace two large bolts near the top of the north tower, required lane restrictions.

Forth Bridge authorities said the favourable weather had allowed engineers to complete their work early with both carriageways fully reopened by 11am yesterday.

Further work is due for the end of the month.

Delays reached up to 35 minutes on Saturday morning as the repairs were carried out. No disruption to traffic was reported on Sunday and lane restrictions which were due to be in place until noon were lifted early.

Weekend traffic restrictions will aplly on Saturday 31 March and Sunday 1 April, and on two further weekends after Easter on dates still to be confirmed.