The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge across the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, 9 miles (14 kilometres) west of central Edinburgh....
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The Forth Road Bridge is a suspension bridge in east central Scotland. The bridge opened in 1964 and at the time was the longest suspension bridge in the...
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bridged in two places. The Kincardine Bridge and the Clackmannanshire Bridge cross it at Kincardine, while further east the Forth Bridge, the Forth Road...
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Queensferry Crossing (redirect from Second Forth Road Bridge)
(formerly the Forth Replacement Crossing) is a road bridge in Scotland. It was built alongside the existing Forth Road Bridge and the Forth Bridge. It carries...
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railway bridge, the famous Forth Bridge, which opened in 1890, and the Forth Road Bridge, which opened in 1964. To the west of the Forth Road Bridge is Queensferry...
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Castle at the age of 99. The death of the Duke set in motion Operation Forth Bridge, a plan detailing procedures including the dissemination of information...
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The Forth Bridge is a railway bridge over the Firth of Forth in Scotland, opened in 1890. Forth Bridge may also refer to: Kincardine Bridge, opened in...
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main span of a cantilever bridge.: par. 3 The Forth Bridge is a notable example of an early cantilever bridge. This bridge held the record for longest...
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The Forth Bridge approach railways were railway lines constructed in the period 1887 to 1890 to form new main lines on the opening of the Forth Bridge at...
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Benjamin Baker (engineer) (category British bridge engineers)
London with Sir John Fowler, but he is best known for his work on the Forth Bridge. He made many other notable contributions to civil engineering, including...
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