Talbot Memorial Bridge

Talbot Memorial Bridge
Droichead Cuimhneacháin an Talbóidigh

Talbot Memorial Bridge looking downstream

Talbot Memorial Bridge looking downstream
Coordinates 53°20′52″N 6°15′06″W / 53.3478°N 6.2517°W / 53.3478; -6.2517Coordinates: 53°20′52″N 6°15′06″W / 53.3478°N 6.2517°W / 53.3478; -6.2517
Crosses River Liffey
Locale Dublin
Characteristics
Total length ~75m
Width ~22m
No. of spans 3[1]
History
Designer De Leuw, Chadwick & O’hEocha Engineers
Construction start April 1976[2]
Construction end February 1978[2]

The Talbot Memorial Bridge (Irish: Droichead Cuimhneacháin an Talbóidigh)[3] is a road bridge spanning the River Liffey in Dublin city centre in the Republic of Ireland.[4] Completed in 1978, it is 22 metres (72 feet) wide, and was designed by De Leuw, Chadwick and O’hEocha Consulting Engineers.[2]

The bridge links Memorial Road (and Custom House Quay) on the north bank of the river to Moss Street (and City Quay) on the south bank. Memorial Road was named in commemoration of those members of the Dublin Brigade who died during the Irish War of Independence - notably those who died in a raid on the nearby Custom House. The "Talbot" reference in the bridge's name is in remembrance of Matt Talbot. Talbot was a temperance campaigner from Dublin's Northside, a statue of whom stands at the south end of the bridge.[5]

References

  1. "Talbot Memorial Bridge - Design and Engineering". Bridges of Dublin. Dublin City Council. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Project history of Dublin's River Liffey bridges (PDF). Bridge Engineering 156 Issue BE4 (Report). Phillips & Hamilton.
  3. "Droichead Cuimhneacháin an Talbóidigh / Talbot Memorial Bridge". Database of Placenames' Commission. Logainm.ie. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  4. Talbot Memorial Bridge at Structurae. Retrieved on 11 December 201.
  5. "A statue of the Venerable Matt Talbot - Geograph Ireland". Geograph.ie. 2013-07-17. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
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