FIRTH OF FORTH BRIDGE,SCOTLAND

BUILT _1882-1890-

FIRTH OF FORTH bridge is located 14 km west of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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North Queens ferry

South Queens ferry Connects the villages of South Queens ferry and North Queens ferry.

HISTORY-Firth of Tay

FIRTH OF FAY bridge was built after the span across the Firth of Tay collapsed, killing 75 people on a train in the middle of the night. Engineers and planners needed to cross the Forth, but had to do it in a way that would be acceptable to a public still shocked by what was then the worst bridge disaster in history. 

BULIDER/CONTRACTER- SIR WILLIAM ARROLDESIGNER- SIR BENJAMIN BAKER SIR JOHN FOWLER

STRUCTURAL TYPE- CANTILEVER TRUSS BRIDGEFUNCTION/USAGE:RAILWAY BRIDGE

TOTAL LENGTH – 2.5 KM

TOWER HEIGHT – 100.6 M

MAIN SPANS– 2X521 M

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The structural members of the bridge are as large as 12-feet in diameter. Its nearly exclusive use of steel, combined with its latticework appearance have made some people refer to it as the "Eiffel Tower of Scotland."

View of train on approach

The bridge is a symbol of the engineering to be done to connect the two domains of business and information technology. The bridge as definitely over engineered, and not even the strongest winds will shake it

The bridge contains three cantilever towers, each 10O m high.

The beams sticking out from the towers of the Forth railway bridge are supported at the other end by diagonal steel tubes projecting from the top and bottom of each of the towers.

The total length of the bridge is 2.5 km and it has a height of 46 m over high tide, so that ships of the time could pass under it at high tide.

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