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The bridge, which cost €60 million, is named for Irish writer Samuel Beckett (1906–1989). It was officially opened to pedestrians on 10 December 2009 by Dublin Lord Mayor , Emer Costello [1] [11] and to road traffic at 7 am the following day.
- 2007
- 120 metres (390 ft)
- 10 December 2009
- River Liffey
39 million € Location. Dublin, Ireland. Introduction. The Samuel Beckett Bridge is one of the many bridges that crosses over the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland. It joins Sir John Rogerson’s Quay on the south side to Guild Street and North Wall Quay in the Docklands area.
Samuel Beckett Bridge arriving in Dublin (2009) A moving bridge, it is a maritime gateway for Dublin, rotating horizontally through 90 degrees, crossing the river at right angles and with a span of 123 metres. It is also a statement bridge and was planned so from the start to fit in with the vision for the whole area - a symbol of change from ...
It is a cable-stayed bridge, whose main structure consists of 25 straps front and 6 rear, with a runway of 124 meters long, 27 meters wide and a single pylon 40 feet tall. The cross section of the board is a box girder with cantilever ribs on each side that can accommodate four lanes of traffic. Its total weight is 5700 tonnes.
- Dublin, Ireland
The Samuel Beckett bridge is a cable stayed, steel box girder structure with a span of 123m over the Liffey. Designed by Santiago Calatrava in conjunction with Roughan O’Donovan (Dublin); the bridge was built by Graham Hollandia Joint Venture Contractors. Graham constructed the abutments, river pivot pier and the roadworks.
The Samuel Beckett Bridge was co-funded by Dublin City Council, the Dublin Docklands Authority and the Department of Environment, Heritage and Culture. The cost, including approach road upgrades, was €60 million.
The bridge was projected in 1998 to cost £10 million, but the costs ultimately rose to almost €60 million. Designed to represent a harp on its side the cable-stayed bridge was made in the Netherlands and arrived in Dublin on a barge.
