[QUOTE]The Forth Bridge has become the sixth Scottish landmark to be awarded Unesco World Heritage Site status.
The decision was announced at a meeting in the German city of Bonn after the UN's cultural committee spent more than a year considering its nomination.
World heritage status is given to sites of "outstanding universal value" with the aim of protecting them for future generations.
The distinctive red bridge has carried trains over the Forth since 1890.
Scotland's other World Heritage Sites are New Lanark, St Kilda, the Old and New Towns in Edinburgh, Neolithic Orkney and the Antonine Wall.
The award puts it alongside the Pyramids of Egypt, the great Wall of China and the Sydney Opera House in terms of cultural significance.
The bridge, which spans the Firth of Forth between South Queensferry on the outskirts of Edinburgh and North Queensferry in Fife, was opened in 1890 after eight years of construction.
The bridge was opened in 1890, weighs 53,000 tonnes and spans 1.5 miles[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-33397980[/url]
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It's a beautiful bridge
Good. It's a marvel of engineering for the time it was built
Good.
I have to cross the thing every week on the train.
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