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Queensferry Crossing is a bridge too far for Foreign Office’s Twitter team

The image the Foreign Office used to hail the Queensferry Crossing.
The image the Foreign Office used to hail the Queensferry Crossing.

The Foreign Office has been mocked for getting its iconic Scottish bridges in a twist.

Boris Johnson’s department had to “girder” its loins for ridicule when boasting about the Queensferry Crossing while tweeting an image of the Forth Bridge by accident.

It must have seemed a great idea at the time when staff picked the new ÂŁ1.3 billion bridge to showcase its designs credentials using the hashtags #DesignisGREAT and #GlobalBritain.

But the gaping flaw in the staff’s knowledge was posting an image of the Victorian Forth Bridge – which last year became an UNESCO World Heritage site – instead of the new bridge which is due to open, behind schedule, next May.

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In a tweet the Foreign Office proudly claimed “Opening in 2017, the 2.7km Queensferry Crossing will be the longest three tower cable-stayed bridge in the world”.

But the accompanying photo was of the 126-year-old rail bridge – and while the 52-year old Forth Road Bridge could be picked out in the distance, of the Queensferry Crossing there was no sign.

https://twitter.com/markmcdsnp/status/803688990956253184

After facing a barrage of mocking tweets, the Foreign Office responded: “Any misunderstanding is water under the bridge(s).”

The Forth Bridge
The Forth Bridge