Millennium Bridge (Dublin)
The Millennium Bridge (Irish: Droichead na Mílaoise)[2] is a pedestrian bridge spanning the River Liffey in Dublin, joining Eustace Street in Temple Bar to the north quays.
Millennium Bridge Droichead na Mílaoise | |
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| Coordinates | 53.346°N 6.265°W |
| Carries | Pedestrians |
| Crosses | River Liffey |
| Locale | Dublin |
| Characteristics | |
| Material | Steel and concrete[1] |
| Total length | 51 m (41 m span)[1] |
| Width | ~4m |
| No. of spans | 1 |
| History | |
| Designer | Howley Harrington (architects), Price & Myers (engineers) |
| Constructed by | Ascon (contractor), Thompson Engineering (steel structure), Banagher Concrete (abutments) |
| Opened | 1999 |
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Installed in December 1999,[1] to commemorate the new millennium (2000), the span was actually constructed 80 km from Dublin - in Carlow - as a portal frame structure made up of a slender steel truss and resting on reinforced concrete haunches.[3]
The bridge was designed by Howley Harrington Architects, with Price & Myers as consulting engineers. The concrete base and steel structure for the bridge were provided by two firms from Carlow: Formwork 2000+ and Thompson Engineering respectively.[4][5]
The Millennium Bridge is neighbour to the much older pedestrian Ha'penny Bridge to the east, and Grattan Bridge to the west.
References
- Millennium Bridge at Structurae
- "Droichead na Mílaoise / Millennium Bridge". Placenames Commission Database. Logainm.ie. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- Project history of Dublin's River Liffey bridges (PDF). Bridge Engineering 156 Issue BE4 (Report). Phillips & Hamilton. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-12. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
- "Making history with millennium bridge". The Carlow Nationalist. 28 August 1999. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011.
- "Celebrating 10 years of Engineering - Bridges" (PDF). 10 years of engineering achievement (exhibition). Dublin City Council. 2011.
