Forth Bridge

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Victorian engineering structure World Heritage Site cantilever railway bridge

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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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Forth Bridge (as part of a consortium)	1
Forth Bridge (railway)	1
Forth Bridge UNESCO World Heritage Site	1
The Forth Bridge	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site (Forth Bridge only)	1

Statements (48)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Forth Bridge (rail, north end) → associatedWith → Forth Bridge ⓘ

this entity surface form: Forth Bridge UNESCO World Heritage Site

Sir John Fowler → coDesignerOf → Forth Bridge ⓘ

Forth Bridge (rail, south end) → connectsTo → Forth Bridge ⓘ

Lothian and Fife → containsTransportLink → Forth Bridge ⓘ

Firth of Forth → crossedBy → Forth Bridge ⓘ

Forth estuary → hasBridge → Forth Bridge ⓘ

North Queensferry → hasLandmark → Forth Bridge ⓘ

Dalgety Bay → hasNearbyBridge → Forth Bridge ⓘ

South Queensferry → hasNearbyUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Forth Bridge ⓘ

North Queensferry → hasScenicViewOf → Forth Bridge ⓘ

Forth Road Bridge (north end) → hasViewOf → Forth Bridge ⓘ

Inchgarvie → hasViewOf → Forth Bridge ⓘ

Forth bridges → heritageStatus → Forth Bridge ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (Forth Bridge only)

North Queensferry → locatedAtNorthernEndOf → Forth Bridge ⓘ

Deep Sea World → locatedNear → Forth Bridge ⓘ

Inchmickery → locatedNear → Forth Bridge ⓘ

Inverkeithing → locatedNear → Forth Bridge ⓘ

South Queensferry → locatedNear → Forth Bridge ⓘ

Inchgarvie → near → Forth Bridge ⓘ

North Queensferry railway station → near → Forth Bridge ⓘ

Queensferry Crossing → near → Forth Bridge ⓘ

this entity surface form: Forth Bridge (railway)

Firth of Forth → notableFor → Forth Bridge ⓘ

Sir John Fowler → notableWork → Forth Bridge ⓘ

Forth Bridge → officialName → Forth Bridge self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Forth Bridge

Forth Bridge (rail, north end) → openedWith → Forth Bridge ⓘ

Forth Bridge (rail, south end) → openedWith → Forth Bridge ⓘ

North British Railway → ownedStructure → Forth Bridge ⓘ

this entity surface form: Forth Bridge (as part of a consortium)

Forth Road Bridge → parallelTo → Forth Bridge ⓘ

Forth Bridge (rail, north end) → partOf → Forth Bridge ⓘ

Forth Bridge (rail, south end) → partOf → Forth Bridge ⓘ

Fife Circle Line → passesOver → Forth Bridge ⓘ

Inchgarvie → supportsStructure → Forth Bridge ⓘ

Edinburgh–Aberdeen railway route → usesStructure → Forth Bridge ⓘ

Fife Circle services → viaStructure → Forth Bridge ⓘ