Macken St Bridge – Santiago Calatrava
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will look cool lit up though …
had my worse Pearse street experience in a long while last night.
just wondering if anyone knows when the Macken street bridge is due to open?thank you Alonso.
do you know what the traffic flow on and off (no rights turns etc) of the bridge will be?traffic details via http://short.ie/beckettbridge
listen to this how morning ireland guy cuts the legs from under the engineer pointing out the half built buildings and empty offices on either side of the bridge
http://www.rte.ie/news/morningireland/player.html?20091210,2665472,2665472,real,209Some new pics on thedailystuff.ie
http://www.thedailystuff.ie/beckettbridgearrival.html
Looks like the tie in to the quay was graded gently enough in the end.
Look great 🙂
irishtimes.comWould be nice to see if this plus the new Luas connection will succeed in bringing footfall out into the Docklands.
This could be the earliest sign as to whether or not the “city centre” will successfully be extended out into Docklands after having been trapped around OCS and College Green for… ever.
Just came from there and the bridge is very nice, fits in very well. The only thing is there is a bus lane each way on the bridge, but thats it no bus lanes on either side of the river. FOr that matter no buses will even be using it. Do Dublin Bus have plans to put it to use?
Yixian it will take a lot more intensification and connectivity before Docklands either feels like or warrents city centre status or interest.
I think Dick Gleeson and Co are getting there and we should be proud of them. But city place making can take decades at least. Rome wasn’t built in a day etc, particularly with economic collapses selfishly getting in the way. But overall the city is progressing very well. Especially if you remember the sorry state of Dublin from 1960 to 1990 due to poor planning and primitive politics.
I drove across The Samuel Beckett Bridge at about 12:30 last night for the first time. There was a real “wow” factor, so much so that I had to park the car, and go back and walk it. On my way home, I had to cross The James Joyce Bridge which inevitably is in a really poor state, one entire lower side of lighting was totally redundant and various other strip lights weren’t working. In the cold light of day, there are plenty of other issues too. One wonders whether Dublin City Council would have been shamed into at least changing a few light bulbs had Calatrava been in town to attend the opening of his Samuel Beckett Bridge as he did back in June 2003 at the official opening of its little sister upstream.
Looking at Amanda Levete Architects lovely new bridge nearby I also wonder what the London practice would make of the state of the new structure’s immediate environment (granted that the landscaping hasn’t been started)……………..See pic: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stoneybutter/4150893809/in/set-72157622809236246/http://www.tribune.ie/business/news/article/2009/dec/06/sitting-on-the-dock-of-the-bay/
One source said he believed that development levies paid towards the (linear) park had been ringfenced for that purpose but the authority’s view is different. “The board of the authority is currently reviewing options for the linear park which may include scaling back plans given our current financial situation. Income to the authority in the form of levies is not earmarked for specific project use but is allocated across all area and social regeneration projects,” a spokesman said last week.Not to mention the poor state of the O;Casey bridge too. Various portions of lighting not working.
And lets not forget the Millenium bridge. The council has even wiped a J cloth over it in years. Let alone replace the little green lights.
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Not to mention the poor state of the O;Casey bridge too. Various portions of lighting not working.
And lets not forget the Millenium bridge. The council has even wiped a J cloth over it in years. Let alone replace the little green lights.
Well? Get your overalls, I’ll see you down there tomorrow morning?
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