bridges ireland

From Carlisle Square, at the junction of Carlisle Road, Abercorn Road and John Street, the river is crossed by the splendid Craigavon Bridge. Officially opened by the Lord Mayor of London in 1933. With a length of 400 yards and a width of 60 feet, it consists of upper and lower decks for road traffic. The first bridge across the Foyle was of timber. Constructed in 1790, it was badly damaged in 1814 by floating ice and repaired at a cost of IR18,300. The bridge crossed between Bridge Stre...

This is one of the famous things to do in Ireland: walk across the narrow, bouncy bridge of planks, holding tight to a wire handrail, 80 feet above the sea and joining a cliff to a precipitous island....

There is an 8 arch bridge spanning the main river entering the lake at Mountbellew, located on the back road to the forest....

The Ha'penny Bridge:
The elegant metal pedestrian bridge spanning the Liffey between Merchants' Arch and Liffey Street is one of Dublin's best known landmarks. Erected in 1816, it was among the earliest cast-iron structures of its kind, and was named Wellington Bridge.
Although its official title is now Liffey Bridge, it is universally known as the Ha'penny Bridge after the toll levied on its users. No payment is now required to take this delightful route across the rive...

Knock Bridge is connected to Moneypenny's Lock by a pleasant walkway.

As was frequently the case on the Canal, the towpath passes under the bridge. Coins from the reigns of Geroge III and Geroge IV found in the waters under this bridge are reminders that this was once a favourite spot for card players to meet....

If you continue southwards from Killaloe towards Limerick you will shortly (6 km) reach the small village of O' Brien's Bridge. There are two bridges here, one of modern construction over the canal, and the older stone bridge over the river. At this point the flow of the river is obstructed by a massive weir. The bulk of the flow is diverted into an artificial canal - the headrace for the hydro-electric works at Ardnacrusha. The remainder follows the old line of the Shannon, much diminshed fro...

Carrick a Rede: which means the rock in the road, was given this name because the island and adjacent shallow channel between it and the mainland act as a barrier to migrating salmon. They are deflected north into the nets laid by local fishermen who use the bridge to get to the fishery on the island.
A rope bridge has spanned the 60ft gap between the mainland and Carrick a Rede Island for at least 200 years. It is put up in April and remains in place until early September. Grea...

At the very hub of the city, O'Connell Bridge, formerly Carlisle Bridge, was built in 1790 as one of the links in the Wide Streets Commissioners' plan to connect north and south with a great axial route. The plan was completed when Westmoreland Street was driven through to College Green a few years later. In 1880 the bridge was widened and is now famous for being about as broad as it is long....

Pre 19th century bridge of 9 arches. Once the only crossing point east/west between Claretuam and Claregalway....

While it was scarcely ever possible to ford the river here, it would still have been feasible to span it even with a primitive bridge at an early date. The river, entering the town from the west is almost 600 feet wide, narrowing at this point to only 110 feet, before expanding again to 450 feet in the docks area. The town grew around this crossing, which opened up a transport route north and south, and the Harbour below was developed to accommodate seaborne trade.

The early Bronze Age...