Samuel Beckett Bridge

53,347 - 6.2413Koordinaten: 53 ° 20 ' 49.2 "N, 6 ° 14' 28.7 " W

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The Samuel Beckett Bridge ( Irish: Droichead Samuel Beckett ) is a cable-stayed bridge over the river Liffey in Dublin, Ireland. The 120 meter long and 48 meter high bridge design is named after the Irish writer Samuel Beckett and connects the Macken Street on the south side of the river with the Guild Street and Docklands in the north.

Design and construction

It was designed by the Spanish architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava, who finished in Dublin in 2003, James Joyce Bridge also designed.

The Samuel Beckett Bridge was designed by Calatrava as a cable-stayed bridge. The pylon over which the bridge is braced, is an inclined, curved and tapering towards the end of steel box girder. With its asymmetrical arrangement is the only foundation on which the bridge is rotatably mounted outside the fairway. When swinging the bridge 90 degrees so there is enough space for passing vessels.

The deck slab of the bridge is designed for four cars and two each pedestrian and bicycle tracks and suspended by ropes 25 at 48 meters high, curved pylon in the bridge axis. The pylon itself is tied back with six ropes at an angle to the bridge axis.

The bridge as a whole is reminiscent of a harp lying on its side. The harp is a well known landmark of Ireland and for example also be found on the Irish Euro coins.

Manufacture and installation

Since the bridge to rotate must act as a single component, it was possible to prefabricate as such a component and be transported by boat to the actual location.

The bridge was built in Rotterdam by the company Hollandia, and then run on a 90 m by 29 m large pontoon within about five days of Dublin and floated there.