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The Forth Bridge
福斯橋
The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge over the
Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, to the east of the
Forth Road Bridge, and 14 kilometres (9 mi) west of
central Edinburgh.
福斯橋是在蘇格蘭以東的福斯河上的懸壁鐵路,
福斯陸橋以東,14公里(9英里)愛丁堡市中心西邊。
It was opened on 4 March 1890. It is often called
the Forth Rail Bridge or Forth Railway Bridge
to distinguish it from the Forth Road Bridge
although this is erroneous: it having been called the
"Forth Bridge" since its construction and having for
over seventy years the sole claim to this name.
它建立於1890年3月4日。
它通常被稱為福斯鋼軌橋或福斯鐵路橋,
從福斯陸橋區分開來,
儘管這是錯誤的:它已被稱為”福斯橋”,
因為它的建築具有超過70多年來唯一稱得上這個名字。
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.
這座橋連接蘇格蘭的首都,愛丁堡與法夫,
留下洛錫安地區的達爾梅尼和北昆斯抵達法夫;
它作為一個主要的大動脈連接東北部及東南部的國家。
The bridge and its associated railway infrastructure
is owned by Network Rail Infrastructure Limited.
Until 1917, when the Quebec Bridge was completed,
it was the longest cantilever bridge in the world.
The Forth Bridge remains the second longest.
這座橋及其相關鐵路基礎設施是
由網路鐵路基建有限公司。
直到1917年,當魁北克大橋建成,
它是世界上最長的懸臂橋。福斯橋仍是第二長。
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