- Millennium Bridge (Dublin)
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Millennium Bridge
Droichead na MílaoiseCarries Pedestrians Crosses River Liffey Locale Dublin Designer Howley Harrington (architects), Price & Myers (engineers) Material Steel and concrete[1] Total length 51 m (41 m span)[1] Width ~4m Number of spans 1 Constructed by Ascon (contractor), Thompson Engineering (steel structure), Banagher Concrete (abutments) Opened 1999 Coordinates 53°20′46″N 6°15′54″W / 53.346°N 6.265°WCoordinates: 53°20′46″N 6°15′54″W / 53.346°N 6.265°W The Millennium Bridge (Irish: Droichead na Mílaoise) is a pedestrian bridge spanning the River Liffey in Dublin, joining Eustace Street in Temple Bar to the north quays.
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.[2]
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 Carlow firms: Formwork 2000+ and Thompson Engineering respectively.[3]
The Millennium Bridge is neighbour to the much older (and well known) pedestrian Ha'penny Bridge to the east, and Grattan Bridge to the west.
References
Bridges in Dublin over the Liffey (west to east) Lucan · West-Link · Farmleigh (Disused) · Anna Livia · Island · Liffey · Seán Heuston · Frank Sherwin · Rory O'More · James Joyce · Mellows · Father Mathew · O'Donovan Rossa · Grattan · Millennium · Ha'penny · O'Connell · Butt · Loopline · Talbot Memorial · Seán O'Casey · Samuel Beckett · East-Link
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