Editing Tay Road Bridge (section)

==Tolls==
[[Image:Tay Road Bridge walkway near 50th anniversary.jpg|thumb|The Tay Road Bridge walkway during the 50th anniversary celebrations in 2016. View from near end of bridge, looking towards [[Dundee]].]]
The bridge was originally a bidirectional toll road with the original 1966 toll for motorcycles, cars and goods vehicles of [[Shilling|1/-]], [[British Half Crown coin|2/6]] and [[British Half Sovereign coin|10/-]], respectively. Heavy fines were imposed on drivers who broke down on the bridge if they had run out of petrol. On 1 June 1991, one-way tolls were introduced, for southbound traffic only.

The legislation enabling the levying of tolls was renewed by Parliament (originally that of the UK but now the responsibility of the [[Scottish Government]]) repeatedly, most recently on 1 March 2006, where the toll remained unchanged.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4760782.stm | title = Bridge tolls shake-up announced | publisher = [[BBC News]] | date = 1 March 2006 | access-date= 11 February 2008}}</ref> Although motorcycles were exempt; the tolls for cars, buses and heavy goods vehicles were 80p, £1.40 and £2.00, respectively. On 31 May 2007, the [[Scottish Parliament]] voted to scrap tolls on all bridges in Scotland.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/6705939.stm | title = MSPs vote to scrap bridge tolls | publisher= [[BBC News]] | date= 31 May 2007 | access-date= 11 February 2008}}</ref> This came into effect at midnight on 10 February 2008.<ref>{{cite news | url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7235131.stm | title= Scotland becomes toll-road free | publisher= [[BBC News]] | date= 11 February 2008 | access-date= 11 February 2008}}</ref>

The bridge employs 20 staff comprising the Bridge Manager, Deputy Manager, and 18 others.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.tayroadbridge.co.uk/ | title = Tay Road Bridge | publisher = Tay Road Bridge Joint Board | access-date= 1 March 2008}}</ref> These employees are mainly housed in a small administration block to the eastern side of the Dundee end of the bridge.