Editing River Tay (section)

==Transport==
[[File:Tay Bridge from south after accident.jpg|alt=Sepia photograph of the Tay Bridge after the accident. Shot from the South it shows the middle section of the bridge to be missing.|thumb|Tay Bridge from the South after the accident]]
In the 19th century, the [[Tay Rail Bridge]] was built across the firth at [[Dundee]] as part of the [[East Coast Main Line]], which linked [[Aberdeen]] in the north with [[Edinburgh]] and [[London]] to the south. The bridge, designed by [[Thomas Bouch|Sir Thomas Bouch]], officially opened in May 1878. On 28&nbsp;December 1879 the bridge collapsed as a train passed over. The entire train fell into the firth, with the loss of 75 passengers and train crew. The event was commemorated in a poem, [[The Tay Bridge Disaster]] (1880), written by [[William McGonagall]], a notoriously unskilled Scottish poet. The critical response to his article was enhanced as he had previously written two poems celebrating the strength and certain immortality of the Tay Bridge. A second much more well received poem was published in the same year by the German writer [[Theodor Fontane]].<ref name=Smith>Edward C. Smith III: ''The Collapse of the Tay Bridge: Theodor Fontane, William McGonagall, and the Poetic Response to the Humanity's First Technologocal Disaster''. In: Ray Broadus Browne (ed.), Arthur G. Neal (ed.): ''Ordinary Reactions to Extraordinary Events''. Popular Press (Ohio State University), 2001, {{ISBN|9780879728342}},  pp. 182-193</ref> [[A. J. Cronin]]'s first novel, ''[[Hatter's Castle]]'' (1931), includes a scene involving the [[Tay Bridge Disaster]], and the 1942 [[Hatter's Castle (film)|filmed version]] of the book recreates the bridge's catastrophic collapse. The rail bridge was rebuilt, with the replacement bridge opening on 11 June 1887.

A passenger and vehicle ferry service operated across the River Tay between Craig Pier, Dundee and [[Newport-on-Tay]] in [[Fife]]. In Dundee, the ferries were known as "the Fifies".<ref>{{cite news |title=The Making of Modern Dundee |url=http://www.themcmanus-dundee.gov.uk/sites/default/files/moderndundee.pdf |work=www.themcmanus-dundee.gov.uk |access-date=22 February 2022}}</ref> The last vessels to operate the service were [[Paddle Steamer|PS]] ''B. L. Nairn'' and two more modern ferries equipped with [[Voith Schneider Propeller]]s, [[Motor Vessel|MV]]s ''Abercraig'' and ''Scotscraig''. The service was discontinued on the opening of the [[Tay Road Bridge]] on 18 August 1966. The Tay Road Bridge carries the [[A92 road]] between Dundee and southern Fife.

The [[Jubilee Bridge, Tay|Jubilee Bridge]] is a {{Convert|225|m|adj=on}}-long bridge over the Tay that carries the [[A9 road (Scotland)|A9 road]] near Dunkeld. That bridge will be doubled as part of the [[A9 dualling project|upgrade program]] by 2028 (initially 2025).