Macken St Bridge – Santiago Calatrava
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The DDDA website says that it’s currently under construction……
http://www.dublindocklands.ie/index.jsp?p=327&n=514&a=1015
I’ve seen the pier in the river. It looks as if it might be the pivot on which the bridge will rotate to open and close.
originally delayed due to DCC reluctant to bear cost.
construction slow due to critical need for bridge pivot pier to be exactly right.It’s great to finally see some progress, hopefully the next phase will be quicker and we’ll see a bridge span soon…
Looks like there will be some visibly progressive work done over the next few weeks. Our workplace which is in the area got notification yesterday about the closure of the junction of the Northside quay and Guild St to facilitate major works for the bridge’s northern side (raising of road to meet bridge etc) over Easter weekend and subsequent weeks.
Wasn’t it 2010?
I’m also glad to see progress on this, and have also been eagerly watching the work on the small building on the south bank… Looks like a 50’s american trailer, without the chrome, and I like the copper roof. Wonder what it will be used for, is it some kind of control place for the bridge opening or something entirely different?I suppose it’s a wonder they haven’t abandoned it given the present credit crunch and state of financial affairs.
Despite sinage to the contrary it was always 2011. Whether engineering or cash flow has turned it into such a strung out project is another question.
@Rusty Cogs wrote:
Despite sinage to the contrary it was always 2011. Whether engineering or cash flow has turned it into such a strung out project is another question.
How could it possibly be 2011 :confused:.
I certainly appears that the work on quays and the support in the river are nearly finished, I can’t see how it could take until even the end of this year before the main bridge appears?
Where do you get your 2011 date Rusty?
@JoePublic wrote:
How could it possibly be 2011 :confused:.
I certainly appears that the work on quays and the support in the river are nearly finished, I can’t see how it could take until even the end of this year before the main bridge appears?
Where do you get your 2011 date Rusty?
I asked Paul Maloney (DDDA Chief Executive)
Ok, I can now present the visual evidence of the bridge under construction in Holland – it is to be transported over on the 2nd or 3rd of May according to local papers there and posters on a Dutch forum
Oh yeah it exists alright!
“- Transportation date on 2 or 3 May (from the yard)
– In May It will be placed on the concrete column in the river
– Completed in November 2009. Then it also gets its official name: Samuell Beckett Bridge”😀
So we’re back to 2009. That makes sense if it shows up here in May – because then it could not possibly take until 2011 to finish.
Are they sure this is a Calatrava!
. . . . and they didn’t just buy it from some bloke at the airport
Given the current trend towards corporate sponsorship of new constructions (O2, Aviva), do you think Viagra would be interested in this one? Those cables could be a little tauter…
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