The Forth Bridge in Scotland connects the villages of South Queensferry and North Queensferry across the Firth of Forth. It was built between 1882 and 1890 by Sir William Arrol. The design engineers were Sir Benjamin Baker and Sir John Fowler. It is a cantilever truss bridge with a total length of 2.5 km. Its three towers are each 100 meters tall and support the bridge's two 521 meter main spans. The bridge was constructed after a previous bridge across the Firth of Tay collapsed in a storm, killing 75 people.

1. FIRTH OF FORTH BRIDGE,SCOTLAND
BUILT _1882-1890-

2. North Queens ferry
14km
FIRTH OF FORTH bridge is located 14 km west of
Edinburgh, Scotland.
South Queens ferry
Connects the villages of South Queens ferry and North
Queens ferry.

3. 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.

4. BULIDER/CONTRACTER- SIR WILLIAM ARROL
TOTAL LENGTH – 2.5 KM
DESIGNER- SIR BENJAMIN BAKER
SIR JOHN FOWLER TOWER HEIGHT – 100.6 M
STRUCTURAL TYPE- CANTILEVER TRUSS BRIDGE
MAIN SPANS– 2X521 M
FUNCTION/USAGE:RAILWAY BRIDGE
2.5 KM
521 M
100.6 M
521 M
100.6 M
100.6M

5. The structural members of the bridge are as large as 12-feet in The bridge is a symbol of the engineering to be done to connect the
diameter. two domains of business and information technology.
Its nearly exclusive use of steel, combined with its latticework
The bridge as definitely over engineered, and not even the strongest
appearance have made some people refer to it as the "Eiffel Tower
winds will shake it
of Scotland."
View of train on approach

6. 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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