Tay Rail Bridge

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The Tay Rail Bridge is a historic railway bridge in Scotland that carries trains across the Firth of Tay between Dundee and the county of Fife.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf railway bridge ⓘ
steel bridge ⓘ
truss bridge ⓘ
builder William Arrol & Co. ⓘ
carries freight trains ⓘ
passenger trains ⓘ
railway traffic ⓘ
connects Dundee ⓘ
Fife ⓘ
constructionStart 1882 ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
crosses Firth of Tay ⓘ
designer William Henry Barlow ⓘ
electrification not electrified ⓘ
engineer William Henry Barlow ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
hasDisasterAssociation Tay Bridge disaster ⓘ
hasNearbyCity Dundee ⓘ
hasNearbyTown Wormit ⓘ
hasParallelStructure Tay Road Bridge ⓘ
hasPiersInWater yes ⓘ
hasStructureType double-track bridge ⓘ
heritageStatus Category A listed structure ⓘ
inception 1887 ⓘ
isSuccessorOf First Tay Rail Bridge ⓘ
linked to: Tay Rail Bridge
length 3264 m ⓘ
approximately 2 miles ⓘ
listingAuthority Historic Environment Scotland ⓘ
locatedIn Dundee ⓘ
Fife ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Europe/London ⓘ
maintainedBy Network Rail ⓘ
material steel ⓘ
wrought iron ⓘ
notableEvent opened by the future King Edward VII in 1887 ⓘ
numberOfSpans 85 ⓘ
opened 1887 ⓘ
owner Network Rail ⓘ
partOf East Coast Main Line ⓘ
precededBy Tay Bridge disaster ⓘ
region Dundee City council area ⓘ
Fife ⓘ
replaced First Tay Rail Bridge ⓘ
linked to: Tay Rail Bridge
river River Tay ⓘ
usedFor freight rail services ⓘ
intercity rail services ⓘ
regional rail services ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Firth of Tay → hasBridge → Tay Rail Bridge ⓘ
River Tay → crossedBy → Tay Rail Bridge ⓘ
Edinburgh–Aberdeen railway route → usesStructure → Tay Bridge ⓘ
linked to: Tay Rail Bridge
Tayport → hasViewOf → Tay Rail Bridge ⓘ
Tay Bridge disaster → location → Tay Rail Bridge ⓘ
Tay Bridge disaster → bridgeName → First Tay Rail Bridge ⓘ
linked to: Tay Rail Bridge
Dundee Law → overlooks → Tay Rail Bridge ⓘ
Tatha → crossedBy → Tay Rail Bridge ⓘ
Monifieth beach → hasViewOf → Tay Rail Bridge (distant) ⓘ
linked to: Tay Rail Bridge
Port of Dundee → near → Tay Rail Bridge ⓘ
Tay Rail Bridge → replaced → First Tay Rail Bridge ⓘ
linked to: Tay Rail Bridge
Tay Rail Bridge → isSuccessorOf → First Tay Rail Bridge ⓘ
linked to: Tay Rail Bridge
Tay Road Bridge → parallelTo → Tay Rail Bridge ⓘ
William Arrol → notableWork → Tay Rail Bridge (second) ⓘ
linked to: Tay Rail Bridge
Sir William Arrol & Co. → notableWork → Tay Rail Bridge (second) ⓘ
linked to: Tay Rail Bridge
Edinburgh to Aberdeen line → usesStructure → Tay Rail Bridge ⓘ
Wormit → locatedNear → Tay Rail Bridge ⓘ
Wormit → hasViewOf → Tay Rail Bridge ⓘ
Thomas Bouch → notableWork → first Tay Bridge ⓘ
linked to: Tay Rail Bridge
Thomas Bouch → designed → first Tay Bridge ⓘ
linked to: Tay Rail Bridge
Court of Inquiry into the Tay Bridge Disaster → concludedThat → the Tay Bridge was badly constructed ⓘ
subject linked to: Court of Inquiry
linked to: Tay Rail Bridge
Court of Inquiry into the Tay Bridge Disaster → concludedThat → the Tay Bridge was badly maintained ⓘ
subject linked to: Court of Inquiry
linked to: Tay Rail Bridge
Law Hill → hasViewOf → Tay Rail Bridge ⓘ
Hills of Dundee → offersViewOf → Tay Rail Bridge ⓘ
River Tay → bridge → Tay Rail Bridge ⓘ
subject linked to: Tay
Tay estuary → crossedBy → Tay Rail Bridge ⓘ
Monifieth Bay → hasViewOf → Tay Rail Bridge ⓘ
William McGonagall → hasWorkSubject → Tay Bridge ⓘ
linked to: Tay Rail Bridge
William Arrol → notableWork → Tay Rail Bridge (second) ⓘ
subject linked to: Arrol
linked to: Tay Rail Bridge
Sir William Arrol → notableWork → Tay Rail Bridge (replacement) ⓘ
linked to: Tay Rail Bridge
Broughty Castle → locatedNear → Tay Rail Bridge ⓘ