Forth Bridge

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The Forth Bridge is a historic cantilever railway bridge in Scotland, renowned as an iconic feat of Victorian engineering and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Victorian engineering structure
World Heritage Site
cantilever railway bridge
architecturalStyle industrial Victorian engineering
builder Sir William Arrol & Co.
carries main line between Edinburgh and Fife
railway traffic
completionDate 1890
connects North Queensferry
South Queensferry
constructionStartDate 1882
country Scotland
crosses Firth of Forth
designer Benjamin Baker
John Fowler
designType cantilever
engineer William Arrol
era Victorian era
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
heritageStatus Category A listed structure (Scotland)
languageOfName English
locatedIn City of Edinburgh council area
Kingdom of Fife council area
surface form: Fife council area

United Kingdom
locatedNear Edinburgh
locatedOn Forth estuary
mainSpanLength about 521 metres
managedBy Network Rail
materialUsed steel
notableFor iconic symbol of Scottish engineering
pioneering use of steel in large-scale bridge construction
numberOfCantilevers 3
officialName Forth Bridge self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Forth Bridge
openingDate 1890-03-04
owner Network Rail
paintingTradition associated with continuous repainting maintenance
partOf East Coast Main Line route
passesOver Firth of Forth
surface form: Firth of Forth estuary
railwayType double-track railway bridge
region Fife
Lothian
safetyInfluence designed with high safety margins after Tay Bridge disaster
totalLength about 2.5 kilometres
UNESCORegion Europe and North America
usedFor freight rail services
passenger rail services
worldHeritageCriteria cultural
worldHeritageInscriptionYear 2015

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Firth of Forth notableFor Forth Bridge
Firth of Forth crossedBy Forth Bridge
Fife Circle Line passesOver Forth Bridge
Fife Circle services viaStructure Forth Bridge
Forth Bridge (rail, north end) associatedWith Forth Bridge
this entity surface form: Forth Bridge UNESCO World Heritage Site
Inchmickery locatedNear Forth Bridge
North Queensferry hasScenicViewOf Forth Bridge
North Queensferry hasLandmark Forth Bridge
Inchgarvie near Forth Bridge
Inchgarvie supportsStructure Forth Bridge
Inchgarvie hasViewOf Forth Bridge
Dalgety Bay hasNearbyBridge Forth Bridge
Forth Road Bridge parallelTo Forth Bridge
Forth Bridge officialName Forth Bridge self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Forth Bridge
North British Railway ownedStructure Forth Bridge
this entity surface form: Forth Bridge (as part of a consortium)
Inverkeithing locatedNear Forth Bridge
Forth estuary hasBridge Forth Bridge
Deep Sea World locatedNear Forth Bridge
South Queensferry locatedNear Forth Bridge
Queensferry Crossing near Forth Bridge
this entity surface form: Forth Bridge (railway)
Sir John Fowler notableWork Forth Bridge
Sir John Fowler coDesignerOf Forth Bridge
Forth bridges hasPart Forth Bridge
Forth bridges heritageStatus Forth Bridge
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (Forth Bridge only)
Firth of Forth region contains Forth Bridge
Firth of Forth region contains Forth Bridge
this entity surface form: Forth Rail Bridge
Inchgarvie Castle nearbyStructure Forth Bridge
Inchgarvie Castle hasViewOf Forth Bridge
Dalmeny railway station near Forth Bridge
River Forth hasBridge Forth Bridge
Dalmeny, Scotland hasViewOf Forth Bridge
William Arrol notableWork Forth Bridge
William Arrol workedOn Forth Bridge
this entity surface form: Forth Bridge construction
Sir William Arrol & Co. notableWork Forth Bridge
Sir William Arrol & Co. notableBridgeProject Forth Bridge
this entity surface form: Forth Bridge over the Firth of Forth
NBR notableStructureAssociated Forth Bridge
subject surface form: North British Railway
this entity surface form: Forth Bridge (served by NBR routes)