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more pictures Firth of Forth Bridge |Also known as:||Forth Rail
Bridge| This structure is a great undulating steel monster
rising out of the estuary that is formed by the Forth river as
it slowly spreads out toward the North Sea. "Monster" is an
appropriate word, because this bridge has the looks of a beast,
and the strength to back it up. It is considered one of the
strongest, most stable, and most expensive bridges in history.
That came out of necessity. The 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. What they came up with wasn't merely
another cantilever-truss bridge. What they put together was a
marvel of Victorian engineeri