Tay Rail Brig | |
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![]() Tay Bridge at Dundee, Scotland frae the Dundee Law | |
Coordinates | 56°26′14.4″N 2°59′18.4″W / 56.437333°N 2.988444°WCoordinates: 56°26′14.4″N 2°59′18.4″W / 56.437333°N 2.988444°W |
Carries | Rail traffic |
Crosses | Firth o Tay |
Locale | Dundee tae Wormit, Scotland |
Chairacteristics | |
Tot lenth | 3,264 metre (10,709 ft) |
History | |
Construction begin | 22 Julie 1871 (1st) 6 Julie 1883 (2nt) |
Construction end | early 1878 (1st) 1887 (2nt) |
Opened | 1 Juin 1878 (1st) 13 Julie 1887 (2nt) |
Closed | 28 December 1879 (1st) |
The Tay Rail Brig cairies the main-line railwey athort the Firth o Tay in Scotland, atween Dundee an Wormit in Fife. Its span is 2.75 mile (3.5 kilometre). The first Tay brig wis opened in 1878 but collapsed in the Tay Brig disaster o 1879. A new brig wis biggit an opened in 1887.