List of Dublin bridges and tunnels

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This article lists the bridges and tunnels in Dublin and the Greater Dublin Area in Ireland. The bridges are ordered sequentially upstream, from mouth to source. Alternate or historical names are in curved brackets (parentheses). Traversing roads or rails are in square brackets.

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[edit] Bridges over the Liffey

Bridges over the River Liffey in Greater Dublin, from east to west.

Name Alternate names Type Connections Build dates Image
East-Link Bridge Tolled drawbridge East Wall Road to York road 1987
EastLinkBridge.JPG
Samuel Beckett Bridge Rotatable road bridge Guild Street to Sir John Rogerson's Quay 2009
Samuel Beckett Bridge over the River Liffey
Seán O'Casey Bridge Footbridge Sir John Rogerson's Quay to North Wall Quay 2005
SeanOCaseyBridge.jpg
Talbot Memorial Bridge Road bridge Memorial Road to Moss Street 1978
Dublin Bridge night.jpg
Loopline Bridge Liffey Viaduct Rail Bridge with overhead power supply for the DART Links suburban and intercity rail lines south of Liffey to those in the north 1891
Detail of the Liffey Viaduct
Butt Bridge Road bridge Beresford Place to Tara Street 1932 (Previous structure: 1879)
Butt Bridge (foreground) by night
Unnamed bridge (planned) Road bridge (public transport) Marlborough Street to Hawkins Street 2009 - 2011 (planned)[1]
O'Connell Bridge Carlisle Bridge Road bridge O’Connell Street Lower to Westmoreland Street and D'Olier Street 1791 (Original: 1791 Redeveloped: 1879)
O'Connell Bridge viewed from upstream
Liffey Bridge Ha'penny Bridge, Metal Bridge, Wellington Bridge Foot bridge Liffey Street Lower to Merchant's Arch 1816
HalfPennyBridge.jpg
Millennium bridge Footbridge Ormonde Quay to Wellington Quay 1999
Millennium Bridge Dublin - Geograph.ie - 446300 cf8ffad2.jpg
Grattan Bridge Essex Bridge Road bridge Capel Street to Parliament Street 1874 (Previous structures: 1676, 1755)
Grattan Bridge 01.JPG
O'Donovan Rossa Bridge Richmond Bridge, Ormond Bridge Road bridge Chancery Place to Winetavern Street 1816 (Previous structure: 1684)
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Fr. Mathew Bridge Whitworth Bridge, Old Bridge Road bridge Church Street to Bridge Street Lower 1818 (Previous structures: 1014, 1428)
Four Courts and Father Mathew Bridge
Mellows Bridge Mellowes Bridge, Queen's Bridge, Queen Maeve Bridge Road bridge Queen Street to Bridgefoot Street 1768 (Previous structure: 1683)
Dublin Liffey Bridge 2008 Crop Mellows Bridge.jpg
James Joyce Bridge Road bridge Blackhall Place to Ushers Island 2003
James Joyce Bridge over the River Liffey
Rory O'More Bridge Victoria & Albert Bridge, Queen Victoria Bridge Road bridge Watling Street to Ellis Street 1859 (Previous structures: 1670, 1704)
Rory O More Bridge Dublin.crop.JPG
Frank Sherwin Bridge Road bridge St. John's Road West to Wolfe Tone Quay 1981
Frank Sherwin Bridge Dublin.JPG
Seán Heuston Bridge King’s Bridge, Sarsfield Bridge Light rail and footbridge Heuston station to Wolfe Tone Ave 1828
Sean Heuston Bridge Dublin.crop.JPG
Liffey Railway Bridge Rail freight bridge Heuston Station to Phoenix Park Tunnel
Island Bridge Sarah Bridge Road bridge South Circular Road to Conyngham Road 1794 (Previous structure: 1577)
Sarah Bridge, now Island Bridge, over the Liffey from Ireland Illustrated: From Original Drawings by George Newenham Wright. 1831.
Anna Livia Bridge Chapelizod Bridge Road bridge Lucan Road to Chapelizod Road
Farmleigh Bridge Disused service bridge Farmleigh House
Disused Bridge over the River Liffey - geograph.org.uk - 13562.jpg
West-Link Bridge Tolled road bridge M50 motorway 1990
Westlink Bridges Dublin Ireland Geograph 412193 7d62a75d.jpg
Lucan Bridge Road bridge Lower Lucan Road 1814 (Previous structures: 1200s, 1730s, 1771, 1780s)
Liffey at Lucan Co. Dublin - geograph.ie - 1958129 cropped.jpg

Bridges over the River Liffey outside Greater Dublin, from east to west.

Bridges in Dublin over the Liffey (west to east)

[edit] Bridges on the Grand Canal

Bridges on the Grand Canal from the River Liffey to the south and west. In addition, many of the canal locks allow for pedestrian crossing.

McKenny's Bridge over the Grand Canal
The Luas bridge
View from the Luas bridge

[edit] Bridges on the Royal Canal

Bridges on the Royal Canal from the River Liffey to the north and west. Many of the bridges include a railroad crossing for railroads adjacent to the canal in much of Dublin. In addition, many of the canal locks allow for pedestrian crossing and several pedestrian bridges are located adjacent to Iarnród Éireann railway stations.

[edit] Bridges over the River Dodder

Bridges over the River Dodder from the River Liffey to the southwest.

Ball's Bridge over the River Dodder

[edit] Bridges over the River Tolka

Bridges over the River Tolka from the River Liffey to the northwest.

[edit] Other bridges


[edit] Tunnels

[edit] References

  1. ^ New Liffey bridge due by 2011
  • Dublin City Map Dublin: ERA-Maptec Ltd., 1992.
  • Liddy, Pat. Secret Dublin. Lincolnwood, Illinois: Passport Books, 2001.
  • M'Cready, Rev. C.T. Dublin Street Names: Dated and Explained. Dublin: Carraig Books, 1892.
  • Ordnance Survey Ireland. Dublin City and District Street Guide. Phoenix Park, Dublin: Government of Ireland, 2002.
  • Ordnance Survey Ireland. Dublin City Centre Street Atlas. Phoenix Park, Dublin: Government of Ireland, 1999.

[edit] See also

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