With the final segment now in place, the new structure has supplanted Scotland's 2.05-mile Tay Bridge as the longest railway bridge in the country, which held the crown since 1887. "Lowering the ...

B is for Bridges (the unfortunate Sir Thomas Bridge and his doomed Tay Rail Bridge, which collapsed in 1879, killing 75 people); C is for the Challenger Space Shuttle; D is for drought in Ethiopia ...

High Speed Two (HS2) has completed the construction of the longest railway bridge in ... The new bridge breaks a 140-year record held by the Tay Bridge in Scotland as the longest in the UK.