How long does it take to build a bridge?
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Just have to get this off my chest…
A tale of two cities if you will…
Dublin:
Glenamuck Road in Carrickmines has been closed since the start of August and will be closed until the end of April next year, to facilitate building the Luas bridge along the old Harcourt St railway line over Glenamuck Road. This means all access to and from the area north of the M50 at Carrickmines junction is cut off for nine months.San Francisco:
The Bay Bridge reopened over the weekend after a 350′ x 65′ section was demolished and rebuilt. Have a look at the Google Earth photo. The little road to the left of the compass is Glenamuck Road. It’s about 20′ wide. The orange recangle is, to scale, the size of the section of the Bay Bridge which was rebuilt.[ATTACH]5648[/ATTACH]
The Bay Bridge under construction –
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So, if it’s gonna take 9 months to bridge Glenamuck Road, how long do you think they had to close the Bay Bridge for?
The contractors were allowed 81 hours. They finished 11 hours ahead of schedule.
Options to above question – “It’ll take more time to build the bridge” than
A it took to rezone adjacent lands, thus resulting in the junction (J15) being here in the way that it is.
B it has taken to already have a dual carriageway spawned off J15, westbound.
C it has taken to route the Luas extension to an area unconnected with the Dart, as opposed to following the original Harcourt route to Shankill Dart line
D All of the above
Answers please to the successive governments of the last 10 years, Dail Eireann. :rolleyes:
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