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General Information

Other name(s): Droichead na Mílaoise
Completion: 1999
Status: in use

Project Type

Structure: Deck truss bridge
Function / usage: Pedestrian bridge (footbridge)
Material: Steel bridge

Location

Location: ,
Location description:

Connecting Willington and Lr. Ormond Quays

Coordinates: 53° 20' 45.66" N    6° 15' 54.15" W
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Technical Information

Dimensions

total length 51 m
span 41 m

Cost

cost of construction Irish pounds 1 600 000

Materials

truss steel
abutments reinforced concrete

Excerpt from Wikipedia

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, 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.

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.

The Millennium Bridge is neighbour to the much older pedestrian Ha'penny Bridge to the east, and Grattan Bridge to the west.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Millennium Bridge (Dublin)" and modified on 03 June 2020 according to the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

Participants

Owner
Architecture
Structural engineering
Construction
Main contractor
Steel construction
Quantity surveyor

Relevant Web Sites

Relevant Publications

  • Pearce, Martin / Jobson, Richard (2002): Bridge Builders. Wiley, pp. 84-87.
  • About this
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  • Structure-ID
    20005517
  • Published on:
    27/09/2002
  • Last updated on:
    05/02/2016
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