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' Queens Ferry. (Transport between "Newhalls Rd" on the South bank and "Ferryhill Rd" on the North bank. A crossing route over the Forth had existed at the site since the eleventh century, when the queen of Scotland, Margaret, founded a free ferry to take pilgrims north to St Andrew's.The site of the ferry crossing became the location of the Forth Road Bridge... A crossing route over the Forth had existed at the site since the eleventh century, when the queen of Scotland, Margaret, founded a free ferry to take pilgrims north to St Andrew's. The site of the ferry crossing became the location of the Forth Road Bridge, which opened in 1964. '