General Information
| Other name(s): | Firth of Tay Bridge |
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| Beginning of works: | 9 March 1882 |
| Completion: | 20 June 1887 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Railroad (railway) bridge |
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| Material: |
Steel bridge |
| Support conditions: |
for registered users |
| Structure: |
main bridge: Through truss bridge main bridge: Lattice truss bridge |
| Material: |
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| Structure: |
approach viaducts: Deck truss bridge |
Awards and Distinctions
| 1989 |
for registered users |
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Location
| Location: |
Wormit, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom |
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| Crosses: |
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| Replaces: |
Tay Bridge (1878)
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| Near: |
Firth of Tay Road Bridge (1966)
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| Coordinates: | 56° 27' 5.85" N 2° 59' 22.11" W |
| Coordinates: | 56° 25' 30.07" N 2° 58' 53.49" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 74.7 m | |
| total length | 3 264 m | |
| number of spans | 85 |
Cost
| cost of construction | ca. Pound sterling 640 000 |
Materials
| piers |
concrete
brick |
|---|---|
| truss |
steel
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| caissons |
wrought iron
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Participants
Contractor
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2006): Battle for the North. The Tay and Forth Bridges and the 19th Century Railway Wars. Granta Books, London (United Kingdom).
- (2004): Beautiful Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay. Reinvestigating the Tay bridge disaster of 1879. Tempus, United Kingdom (United Kingdom).
- (1993): Bridges. Macmillan Publishing Company, New York (USA), pp. 71.
- Firth of Forth Firth of Tay - Zwei Eisenbahnbrücken in Europa. In: Bautechnik, v. 70, n. 1 (January 1993), pp. 58-61.
- (2003): A lifetime's work. In: Bridge Design & Engineering, v. 9, n. 33 (4th Quarter 2003), pp. 48-50.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20000476 - Published on:
13/11/1999 - Last updated on:
21/06/2022
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