How many footbridges, underpasses or similar types of infrastructure for pedestrians there are on each (a) motorway and (b) trunk road.

Answered Asked by Jamie Hepburn SNP Lodged 30 Sep 2008

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many footbridges, underpasses or similar types of infrastructure for pedestrians there are on each (a) motorway and (b) trunk road.

The answer

Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 27 Oct 2008 · 27 days after it was lodged, on time

There are 145 trunk road footbridges recorded within Trunk Road Bridges Database (TRBDB):
(a) 38 are on the trunk road motorway network
(b) 107 are on the A Class trunk road network.
There are 200 trunk road underpasses, with either vehicular and pedestrian or pedestrian provision, recorded within TRBDB:
(a) 42 on the trunk road motorway network
(b) 158 on the A Class trunk road network.
There are 252 over-bridges that cross the trunk road and most have pedestrian provision:
(a) 143 are over the trunk road motorway network
(b) 109 are over the A Class trunk road network.

In the Official Report

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