🏛️ The Forth Bridge

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The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge across the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, 9 miles west of central Edinburgh. Completed in 1890, it is considered a symbol of Scotland, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was designed by English engineers Sir John Fowler and Sir Benjamin Baker. It is sometimes referred to as the Forth Rail Bridge, although this is not its official name.

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The Forth Bridge is a cultural World Heritage site in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, in Europe. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why The Forth Bridge was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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