Security sensors also have been built into the new bridge to guard against terrorist attacks.
But the celebrations went on, she arrived and was driven across the new bridge.
Although many undoubtedly expected to be walking across the new bridge, it remained closed.
The new bridge board would consist of a councillor from each of the four surrounding local authorities.
Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill voted against the law which will allow the new bridge to be built.
The construction company HOCHTIEF (UK) has been appointed to build the new bridge, alongside Gwynedd-based civil engineers Mulcair.
I've also received a few complaints about the new bridge at Blackfriars built as part of the Thameslink redevelopment.
Americans for Prosperity, the Koch-funded Tea Party group, has lent support to his campaign to block the new bridge.
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Network Rail said there were too few users of the new bridge at Bearsted station to justify the extra cost.
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Network Rail had to apply to the government for dispensation not to build lifts or ramps on the new bridge.
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Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill voted against the law which would allow the new bridge to be built across the River Forth.
The new bridge is an innovative spiral structure formed from tubular steel.
Everyone seems to agree that the new bridge needed to be built.
West Sussex County Council is running a competition inviting people to name the new bridge with the winner to be chosen in June.
Funding for the new bridge has come from the Welsh Assembly Government, Sustrans, the Cardiff Harbour Authority, along with Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan councils.
Mr Stevenson also announced measures to minimise disruption during the construction of the new bridge, including reducing working hours for the building of associated roads.
The new bridge is to be called Bedser Bridge in recognition of Surrey and England cricketing heroes Eric and Sir Alec Bedser from Horsell, in Woking.
"Simply put, we can't really repair it now economically, and it is time to replace it with the new bridge which is what we're doing, " he said.
Proposals also exist for the creation of a new Shawfield Cross on Glasgow Road, which would include a pedestrian-friendly civic square and links to the new bridge.
The new bridge will give access to and from Woking town centre, Brewery Road car park and the new Living Planet Centre being built for WWF-UK alongside the canal.
He said he hoped the memorial garden beside the crossing, which commemorates the victims of the 2004 crash, would still have a place within the design for the new bridge.
Green MSP Patrick Harvie said the new bridge was "the most expensive SNP press release in history" and warned Scotland would end up with two bridges for private cars, when the transport minister of the day was forced by angry motorists to open the old bridge to more than just public transport.
The new International Bridge, joining Canada and the United States at historic Sault Ste.
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Jim Buchanan, the leader of Cumbria County Council, said the new footbridge bridge, which will span the River Derwent, would be an important boost for the community.
"The river should be a link and not a barrier, " underlining the importance of the new Foyle Bridge, he said.
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On a visit to Cumbria, Princess Anne cut the ribbon across the new Northside Bridge and met PC Barker's widow Hazel.
The idea is to turn the upper floors of the former warehouse near the new sail bridge into a site for new and fledgling firms while also offering combined living accommodation.
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The aim of the bill is to grant Scottish ministers the necessary powers to construct a new road bridge over the Firth of Forth, adjacent to the existing Forth Road Bridge, along with new and upgraded connecting roads.
To help the name change take, the city Department of Transportation has put up new signs referring to the bridge by its new moniker.
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