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Seán O'Casey Bridge

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to link the north and south quays and rejuvenate both. The swing bridge spans approximately 100 metres and has two balanced cantilever arms that swing open to permit boats to pass upriver. Around 2010 the
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for Pedestrian Bridges in 2006), the bridge was built in 2005 as part of a large-scale urban renewal scheme under the
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Designed by architect Cyril O'Neill and O'Connor Sutton Cronin Consulting Engineers (for which they won an
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was misplaced, and the bridge was unable to be opened until the control system was reprogrammed in 2014.
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Brian O'Hallaran & Assoc (Architects), O'Connor Sutton Cronin (Engineers)
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in the Grand Canal Docks area to North Wall Quay and the
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21st-century architecture in the Republic of Ireland
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Seán O'Casey Bridge, Dublin
Coordinates
53°20′50″N 6°14′53″W / 53.3473°N 6.2480°W / 53.3473; -6.2480
River Liffey
Dublin
Talbot Memorial Bridge
Samuel Beckett Bridge
Irish
pedestrian
swingbridge
River Liffey
Dublin
City Quay
IFSC
Institution of Structural Engineers Award
Dublin Docklands Development Authority
remote control
swing bridge
Taoiseach
Bertie Ahern
Irish Citizen Army
Seán O'Casey
"Droichead Sheáin Uí Chathasaigh / Sean O'Casey Bridge"


"New Sean O'Casey Bridge Opens in Dublin's Docklands"
the original
"Sean O'Casey Bridge"
"IStructE Award for Pedestrian Bridges 2006 - Winner"
Institution of Structural Engineers

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