Tay Rail Bridge

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Tay_Rail_Bridge
GPTKB entity
Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:bridge
gptkbp:carries gptkb:railway_line
gptkbp:collapsed 28 December 1879
gptkbp:connects gptkb:Wormit
gptkb:Dundee
gptkbp:country gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:crosses gptkb:Firth_of_Tay
gptkbp:designer gptkb:Thomas_Bouch
gptkbp:destroyedBy 1879
gptkbp:engineer gptkb:William_Arrol
gptkb:William_Henry_Barlow
gptkbp:heritageStatus Category A listed building
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Tay Rail Bridge
gptkbp:length 3,264 metres
gptkbp:location gptkb:Dundee
gptkb:Fife
gptkbp:material gptkb:steel
wrought iron
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Tay_Bridge_disaster
gptkbp:numberOfSpans 85
gptkbp:opened 1878
gptkbp:owner gptkb:Network_Rail
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Edinburgh_to_Aberdeen_Line
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Tay_Ferry
gptkbp:reopened 1887
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:original_Tay_Bridge
gptkbp:restored 1887
gptkbp:used_in gptkb:ScotRail
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Firth_of_Tay
gptkb:Dundee
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5