Macken St Bridge – Santiago Calatrava
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Wow, the bridge is now on its axis and the barge and pontoons have been removed – we have free-standing bridge! Now that was quick, didn’t expect it to happen quite that fast, although there’s still loads to do…
@notjim wrote:
How did they do it?
‘they’ partly slid de bridge onto a 2nd barge and sailed it across on a high tide so it straddled the pivot. then…………..with a big hammer and a jemmy and using the outgoing tide and partly by sinking the barges with ballast, it was lowered……..and bob’s your uncle. or your auntie (depending on your orientation………..)
It looks so delicately balanced now. Beautiful.
@marmajam wrote:
‘they’ partly slid de bridge onto a 2nd barge and sailed it across on a high tide so it straddled the pivot. then…………..with a big hammer and a jemmy and using the outgoing tide and partly by sinking the barges with ballast, it was lowered……..and bob’s your uncle. or your auntie (depending on your orientation………..)
Thanks.
It’ll be a bit of a monolith when it’s all done. The NCC is the only signiature building in the area really. And nothing over 45m really
ah i thought you meant it was in it’s final position, not merely on the axis. Went past tonight in my glorious naivety and miscomprehension and saw it facing the same way and was disappointed…. ah right…
@adhoc wrote:
It looks so delicately balanced now. Beautiful.
Yep, so beautifully balanced that the tip was dipping into the river this morning 😀 Must post a few pics…
@poukai wrote:
Yep, so beautifully balanced that the tip was dipping into the river this morning 😀 Must post a few pics…
Someone must have slackened the cables!
From DCC’s website:
“Mounting bridge on support pier
Once the bridge is evenly balanced it will be mounted on its pier. Barges at either end of the bridge will support it during this operation. The barges will position the rotation point of the bridge over the central pier at high tide. When the tide comes down the gap between the central pier and the bridge’s rotation point will close. The bridge will be mounted and the barges removed. This is currently scheduled to take place over one day on 20/05/09.
Tensioning of cable stays
The cable stays will again be tensioned to evenly balance the bridge on the pier and ensure that only an axial force will be transferred. These works take place between 20/05/09 and 28/05/09. “
Aw, sure, I know they’re still adjusting it and all that, but it was dead funny to see it like that! It’s fascinating to watch I must say…
@poukai wrote:
Aw, sure, I know they’re still adjusting it and all that, but it was dead funny to see it like that! It’s fascinating to watch I must say…
there just tuning our harp for the harp lady to come and play
Will the giant harp lady end up with the giant wire man up the river? Find out next week on Fair City… 😀
Took a stroll down to have a look at the bridge yesterday, and it looked great; really elegant looking, mounted on it’s pivot. Both the bridge and the NCC are great additions that give a bit of visual variety that was badly needed. The docks is kinda coming together. It will make a nice walk from the Grand Canal Basin area with the new Liebeskind theatre down onto the Liffey quays with the new bridge and the NCC. The bridge will look cool at night too when lit up.
@GregF wrote:
The bridge will look cool at night too when lit up.
If the Spire is anything to go by, then 🙁
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