Forth Bridge
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.
- Bridge
- Description: railway bridge in eastern Scotland
- Also known as“Forth Rail Bridge”“forth railway bridge”“The Forth Bridge”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Inch Garvie and Forth Road Bridge.
Inch Garvie
Islet
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Inchgarvie or Inch Garvie is a small, uninhabited island in the Firth of Forth.
Forth Road Bridge
Bridge
The Forth Road Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the Firth of Forth in Scotland. Forth Road Bridge is situated 3,200 feet west of Forth Bridge.
Deep Sea World
Public aquarium
Deep Sea World is an aquarium located in the village of North Queensferry in Fife, Scotland. Deep Sea World is situated 2,900 feet north of Forth Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Queensferry and South Queensferry.
Forth Bridge
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Latitude
56.00056° or 56° 0′ 2″ north
Longitude
-3.38861° or 3° 23′ 19″ west
Open location code
9C8R2J26+6H
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Forth Bridge” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جسر فورث”
- Armenian: “Ֆորտ Բրիջ”
- Asturian: “Ponte de Forth”
- Azerbaijani: “Fort körpüsü”
- Basque: “Forth Bridge”
- Catalan: “Pont de Forth”
- Catalan: “Pont del Forth”
- Central Kurdish: “پردی فۆرت”
- Chinese: “福夫橋”
- Chinese: “福斯桥”
- Chinese: “福斯橋”
- Chinese: “福斯鐵路橋”
- Chinese: “福斯铁路桥”
- Croatian: “Forth Bridge”
- Czech: “Forth Bridge”
- Czech: “Forth Rail Bridge”
- Danish: “Forth Bridge”
- Danish: “Forthbroen”
- Dutch: “Forth Bridge”
- Esperanto: “Ponto Forth”
- Estonian: “Forthi sild”
- Finnish: “Forth Bridge”
- Finnish: “Forthin rautatiesilta”
- Finnish: “Forthin silta”
- French: “Forth Bridge”
- French: “pont du Forth”
- French: “Pont du Forth”
- Galician: “Ponte de Forth”
- Galician: “Ponte do Forth”
- Georgian: “ფორტ-ბრიჯი”
- German: “Forth Bridge”
- Greek: “Γέφυρα Φορθ”
- Hebrew: “גשר פורת‘”
- Hebrew: “גשר פורת’”
- Hebrew: “גשר פורת”
- Hindi: “फोर्त ब्रिड्ज”
- Hungarian: “Forth Bridge”
- Hungarian: “Forth-híd”
- Icelandic: “Forth-brúin”
- Indonesian: “Jembatan Forth”
- Irish: “Droichead Foirthe”
- Italian: “Forth Bridge”
- Italian: “Forth Rail Bridge”
- Italian: “Forth Railway Bridge”
- Japanese: “フォース橋”
- Japanese: “フォース鉄道橋”
- Korean: “포스 교”
- Korean: “포스교”
- Latvian: “Fortas tilts”
- Lithuanian: “Forto tiltas”
- Luxembourgish: “Firth-of-Forth-Stroossebréck”
- Maltese: “Pont ta‘ Forth”
- Maltese: “Pont ta’ Forth”
- Nepali: “फोर्थ ब्रिज”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Forth Bridge”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Forthbroen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Forthbrua”
- Norwegian: “Forthbroen”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Pont del Forth”
- Persian: “پل فورث”
- Polish: “Forth Bridge”
- Portuguese: “ponte do Forth”
- Portuguese: “Ponte do Forth”
- Romanian: “podul Forth”
- Russian: “Форт-Бридж”
- Scots: “Forth Brig”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Forth Bridge”
- Slovak: “Forth Railway Bridge”
- Slovenian: “Most čez zaliv Forth”
- Spanish: “Forth Bridge”
- Spanish: “Puente de Forth”
- Swedish: “Forthbron”
- Tamil: “ஃபோர்த் மேம்பாலம்”
- Thai: “สะพานฟอร์ท”
- Turkish: “Forth Köprüsü”
- Ukrainian: “Форт-Брідж”
- Vietnamese: “Cầu Forth”
- Welsh: “Pont reilffordd Forth”
- Wu Chinese: “福斯桥”
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