New Liffey pedestrian bridge
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can you work out how it closes, are the two halves shy of each other with a small lifting bit to be added in the middle?
I suppose the most logical way would be to have the end of the sections cut as below and swinging naturally together:
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/ /__/ /__/ /I think that would work. Didn’t look close enough to see what they had actually done.
Would seem a bit long-winded to have to reattach a number of sections every time you opened the bridge.
Although, the necessity for opening it is so infrequent that this may well be the case.sure, that’s what i expected too, but looking at it, and i could be wrong, the ends look like they have right angles. it was closed this evening, but i was on a bus so i couldn’t see.
It’s very impressive. Much cleaner and better defined lines than shown in the CAD image. A lot less fussy than I had pictured it anyway. But that might be a fault in my brain.
The view looks particularly well from close to head on ie from the side of the DDDA offices rather than seen side on from Matt Talbot. So this should impress the users of the bridge more than those driving around it.I’ll try and get some pictures the next time I’m there.
Looking at the bridge I thought it’s nice to see a great writer remembered in a way that dosn’t involve putting a statue of him on a bench.
Will there be a plaque, a stone – or maybe something special?Does anybody have any up to date pictures of the new bridge, or perhaps know where they are online? Thanks!
Heres one I took at the weekend. Note the floating ship “fenders” which were installed at the insistance of teh port authorities I understand.
JJHave to say, I don’t agree. Don’t like those gun metal ‘crowns’. Find them a bit over bearing. Also, as it sits, the bridges two pieces don’t meet correctly. The northside section is about six inches lower. You can just make it out if you follow the hand rail in the last picture. There must be some way to jack up the north half (I hope).
Have to say it’s quite industrial-looking, particularly the colour. Compares poorly with the James Joyce bridge.
@AndrewP wrote:
Have to say it’s quite industrial-looking, particularly the colour. Compares poorly with the James Joyce bridge.
Yes, quite industrial and drab in that pic 🙁 I’ll have to wait to see it myself though
Not at all keen on that…. the colour is particularly poorl;y chosen – a grey bridge in a city that predominately grey weatherwise
Also, the black barriers are only submerged at high tide. When I went to have look, they were jutting up high above the water. Very ugly and surely unneccessary
Here’s a couple more shots. The difference in levels can be adjusted by turnbuckles on the cables. The fenders are required I imagine to prevent ships hitting the superstructure as it projects far beyond the base even when the sections are fully open. I would agree that the colour choice is very poor.
JJ@AndrewP wrote:
Also, the black barriers are only submerged at high tide. When I went to have look, they were jutting up high above the water. Very ugly and surely unneccessary
Alas they are necessary these days no matter if they do ruin the aesthetic
Attached is apic of the gateshead bridge where you can see simiar bariers
Nope; I don’t like that bridge at all from the photographs. The actual span itself looks ok; at least it’s simple with a nice gentle curve and pleasing functional lines. Unfortunately the span is dominated not only by the barriers but also by the suspension; I find both features quite ugly. I’m not aware of the engineering behind the bridge but the suspension element looks like it was added purely to give the bridge a more distinctive profile rather than serving some structural function. Ya well, it succeeds by giving the bridge a distinctively UGLY profile, in my opinion. In the end it looks like a random jumble of faddish geometric forms. In that respect it contrasts very poorly with the new bridges to the West (at Eustace St. and Blackhall Place) which I like and which, to my eyes, have a coherence or simplicity.
I would have to agree – saw it briefly yesterday and just as in JJ’s pictures unfortunately ugly is a fitting description.
Essentially it looks like a temporary military contraption for accommodating the passage of troops. The gun metal finish not only contributes to this, but as mentioned it looks decidedly drab and dull – and this in blazing sunshine yesterday; one can only imagine its appearance on a cloudy dead day.
Perhaps the grace of the structure, if any, will become apparent upon the removal of the construction devices, but thus far I think it is disappointing.
Agreed with jimg though that the curved span is attractive.These navigation guides really are a blast of new air to me – how come you don’t see them pretty much anywhere else, or are the world’s rivers just photographed on high tides and have a touch of the old airbrush?!
Never even seen a scheme like Gateshead there either!The renderings looked a lot better
Took some snaps in town today. The weather was fantastic.
I don’t know what to make of this bridge yet. There’s still a lot of scaffolding hanging off it.
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I’d give it a chance and wait till its fully installed before fully commenting. The James Joyce bridge had its critics too, now it’s appreciated. But look at the surrounding areas too in the photographs. It really does’nt do the bridge justice either. Jurys Hotel , Citgroup etc….are desperate edifices. All those cranes and the promise of nothing good, but more of the same.
@AndrewP wrote:
Also, the black barriers are only submerged at high tide. When I went to have look, they were jutting up high above the water. Very ugly and surely unneccessary
They seem to have done some work on these lately – I saw them sitting down low on the water at about half tide the other day.
I think it’s worth noting that the bridge and most of the area will be significantly enhanced with the removal of the DDDA offices (which should be soon).
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