The Forth Bridge

Today was cold but sunny, wonderful walking weather..... and we walked!

We started our eight mile walk at the Kincardine Bridge on the Forth, and walked along and cycle/hiking trail mostly following the river, passing Longannet Point and the power station, Dunimarle Castle, and going through the town of Culross, a place full of history with its Palace and ruined abbey, and on to the Salt Pans at Preston Island, did a circular round this and back to Culross where we finished our walk. We had an hour in the Hawes Inn at Queensferry underneath the bridge, and my blip is of the iconic Forth Bridge.

The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge over the Firth of Forth. It was opened on 4 March 1890, and spans a total length of 2,528.7 metres (8,296 ft).

The bridge connects Scotland's capital city, Edinburgh, with Fife, leaving the Lothians at Dalmeny and arriving in Fife at North Queensferry; it acts as a major artery connecting the north-east and south-east of the country. It may be nominated by the British government to be added to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Scotland.

Until 1917, when the Quebec Bridge was completed, the Forth Bridge had the longest single cantilever bridge span in the world. It still has the world's second-longest single span.