Completed in 1890 after taking 6 years of construction, The Forth rail bridge was an engineering achievement of its time costing a lot of mens lives in the process. The steel cantilever design is a total length of 1 mile 972 yards (including approach viaducts) and it is 361 feet high.

The Forth Road Bridge is a younger and smaller cousin, being completed in 1964 and spanning a distance of 1.5 miles. It is 160m high and if you chose to walk across it into the Kingdom you might feel it swaying - up to a maximum of almost 7 metres!. The views from the bridge are varied and impressive.

History and Information on the Forth Bridges.