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General Information

Completion: 25 June 2011
Status: in use

Project Type

Awards and Distinctions

2012 award winner  

Location

Location: , , ,
Crosses:
  • Foyle River
Coordinates: 54° 59' 52.45" N    7° 18' 57.42" W
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Technical Information

Dimensions

main span 96.3 m
total length 310 m
span lengths 12.5 m - 63.4 m - 96.3 m - 63.4 m - 39.4 m - 37.2 m
deck width 4.6 - 5.6 m
number of spans 6
pylons height 38.1 m

Materials

deck steel
pylons steel

Excerpt from Wikipedia

The Peace Bridge is a cycle and foot bridge across the River Foyle in Derry, Northern Ireland. It opened on 25 June 2011, connecting Ebrington Square with the rest of the city centre. It is the newest of three bridges in the city, the others being the Craigavon Bridge and the Foyle Bridge. The 235 metres (771 ft) bridge was designed by AECOM, who also designed the Sutong Yangtze River Bridge, and Wilkinson Eyre Architects, who also designed the Gateshead Millennium Bridge.

The bridge was opened to the public by EU Commissioner for Regional Policy, Johannes Hahn; accompanied by the First and deputy First Ministers, Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness; and the Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny. It is intended to improve relations between the largely unionist 'Waterside' with the largely nationalist 'Cityside', by improving access between these areas, as part of wider regeneration plans. The bridge also provides a crossing over the railway line approaching Waterside station.

The bridge was funded jointly by the Department for Social Development (NI), the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government along with matching funding, totalling £14 million, from the SEUPB Peace III programme.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Peace Bridge (Foyle)" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.

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  • About this
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  • Structure-ID
    20049184
  • Published on:
    30/11/2009
  • Last updated on:
    30/05/2017
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