Tay Bridge (English name)

Japanese: Tay Bridge(英語表記)TayBridge
Tay Bridge (English name)

…In 1876 in Ohio, USA, and three years later in Scotland, a railway truss bridge collapsed during bad weather, causing a train to fall, and 70 to 80 people were killed in each case. The lessons learned from the Tay Bridge incident were later applied to the Forth Bridge (1890), also in Scotland, which was redesigned to take into account the design wind pressure. This cantilever truss bridge, with two spans of 521 meters, is still a magnificent structure that represents 19th century Europe, along with the Eiffel Tower in Paris. …

From the Forth Bridge

…In this respect, it is twinned with the Eiffel Tower in Paris, which was built at the same time. The bridge was designed by J. Fowler and B. Baker, who learned from the lessons of the Tay Bridge at the mouth of the River Tay in Scotland, which collapsed due to wind in 1879. The Forth Road Bridge, which was built alongside it, is a suspension bridge with a central span of 1,006 meters that opened in 1964. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…76年にはアメリカ,オハイオ州で,3年後にはスコットランドで,いずれも悪天候の中,鉄道トラス橋が崩壊して列車が転落し,それぞれ70~80人の人命が失われた。後者のテイ橋Tay Bridgeの教訓は,その直後設計風圧を考慮し設計し直された同じスコットランドのフォース橋(1890)に生かされた。521mの二つの径間をもつこのカンチレバー・トラス橋は,パリのエッフェル塔と並んで,19世紀のヨーロッパを代表する巨大構造物として今も威容を誇っている。…

【フォース橋】より

…この点,同時期に作られたパリのエッフェル塔と双へきをなす。本橋には1879年に起こったスコットランド,テイ川河口のテイ橋Tay Bridgeの風による落橋事故の教訓を生かしたJ.ファウラーとB.ベーカーの設計が採用された。 これに並んで架設されたフォース道路橋は,1964年に開通した中央径間長1006mのつり橋である。…

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