New Liffey pedestrian bridge

@vinnyfitz wrote:

Will we be allowed cycle on this bridge – or will it really be pedestrian only?

As cyclists unilaterally disregard pedestrians, traffic lights, one way streets, I shouldn’t think they’ll pay any attention anyway

so the fish are fabuluous but i was sorry to see that they seem to be removing the big wooden pillars along where the warehouses used to be near spencer docks, they were kind of magnificant and very evokative of the maritime past, espessially when the comorants, or are the shags, perch on them.

I saw the new sunken lighting recently – it looks great, can’t wait to see it after dark.
As part of the project, 4 micro-LEDs are also being installed at the base of every tree, about half have been done already with the remainder currently being put in. They are exceptionally neat, indeed so much so they look rather strange inset into the frumpy 80s style metal grids surrounding the trees.

The bridge piers look great, being so new and clean. As was mentioned before, this must be the least vaunted infrastructural project in the city; it’s exciting to suddenly see development taking place – no one’s had a chance to whinge about how long it’s taking 🙂
Interesting to note how the city is gradually creeping eastwards, it’s funny how it seems so reluctant to go beyond certain points, first the Custom House, then IFSC Phase 1, then Phase 2, now it draws the line at Spencer Dock, though the southside has been that bit more daring, venturing out to the Grand Canal Basin.

Calatrava’s bridge is really needed now, there’s nowhere for pedestrians to go after the Matt Talbot at present and it’s a heck of a walk round, what ever about vehicular traffic. Even so, you can really appreciate the purpose of the current bridge under construction and the difference it will make. I’ll be great to be able to stand in the middle of one of the widest points of the river.

So what will it be called?

Big metal bits being unloaded there this morning. Seems like the rounded metal pivots that sit on top of each of the concrete piers and hold the whole thing together. (makes sense if you look at the picture in the first post)

I’ll try and bring a camera tomorrow.

persumably they could take just hang around when the tide was wrong; the problem with a river bus is that it needs to be reliable and regular.

Some pictures of the bridge on pieces ready to be assembled.

I think first sections will be in place later today

Oh oh – they should have kept the T-15c screws! they’ve made a mess of it. That’s a crap bridge.

Or maybe it’s meant to be like that. It looks like really heavy duty barriers to stop ships crashing into the new concrete piers. What is going on there????

No _ think the bridge should be sitting only on the 2 pillars.
like in the artists impression which is on the site boundary

In the artist’s impression, you can see the joint in the middle, which is where the bridge pivot opens.
Is it possible, the black structure is a temporary thing to hold the bridge in position, while it’s fixed to the supports.

Extract from an article in Irish Times in August ’03:

“The bridge, which will be located some 300 metres downriver from the Matt Talbot Bridge, will be suspension in design and capable of swivelling around two “cradles” to create a 46-metre opening for ships travelling upriver. It will span the Liffey from the Mariners’ memorial at City Quay to Stack A, a 19th-century warehouse on the Custom House Docks site, which is to be developed as a retail and trade exhibition centre.”

Wow, it is alot bigger than I thought it was. As Kefu says, it is probably temporary. Thanks for photos Lotts. ps, there seems to be bouys marking out a similar shape on the other side!