Tay Bridge
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The Tay Bridge (or Tay Rail Bridge) is a railway bridge about 2.25 miles (3.62 kilometres) long[1] that spans the Firth of Tay in Scotland, between the city of Dundee and Wormit, Fife (grid reference NO391277).
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Tay Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 56°26′14.4″N 2°59′18.4″W |
Carries | Rail traffic |
Crosses | Firth of Tay |
Locale | Dundee to Wormit, Scotland |
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Total length | 3,264 metres (10,709 ft) |
History | |
Construction start | 22 July 1871 (1st) 6 July 1883 (2nd) |
Construction end | early 1878 (1st) 1887 (2nd) |
Opened | 1 June 1878 (1st) 20 June 1887 (2nd) |
Closed | 28 December 1879 (1st) |
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As with the Forth Rail Bridge, the Tay Bridge has been called the Tay Rail Bridge since the construction of the Tay Road Bridge over the firth. The original rail bridge replaced an early train ferry.
The present Tay Bridge is the second Rail bridge over the Tay. The first one collapsed in 1879 in a storm, with great loss of life.