Originally Posted by
ND76
about 20 minutes away on the north side of the Firth of Forth, so that I could ride across the Forth Rail Bridge and then take pictures of it and the adjacent suspension highway bridge.
The rail bridge was opened in 1890, and consists of three cantilever structures roughly diamond shaped, supporting two cantilever spans of 1710 feet each—a total distance according to Wikipedia of 2.528 km (about 1.6 miles). The road bridge was opened in 1964, and features a suspension span with two towers somewhat reminiscent of the suspension towers on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
Great report so far. Just had to point out that the bridges are formally the Forth Bridge and the Forth Road Bridge. Writing 'Forth Rail Bridge' may cause
stut to come along and get upset with you
Similarly, up at Dundee, you have the Tay Bridge and the Tay Road Bridge. I need to get back up to Edinburgh so that I can get some proper photographs (i.e., not from on board trains) of the bridges at the Firth of Forth. Thinking of using iPhoto to make an all-bridge 2012 calendar, since I have a think for photographing bridges.