The Forth Bridge, Queensferry
by Yvonne Johnstone
Title
The Forth Bridge, Queensferry
Artist
Yvonne Johnstone
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge across the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland and 9 miles west of Edinburgh City Centre. It is sometimes referred to as the Forth Rail Bridge to distinguish it from the adjacent Forth Road Bridge. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Construction of the bridge began in 1882 and it was opened on 4 March 1890 by the Duke of Rothesay, the future Edward VII.
The bridge spans the Forth between the villages of South Queensferry and North Queensferry and has a total length of 8,094 feet. When it opened it had the longest single cantilever bridge span in the world, until 1919 when the Quebec Bridge in Canada was completed. It continues to be the world's second-longest single cantilever span, with a span of 1,709 feet.
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May 6th, 2019
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