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This was the second bridge in the area designed by Calatrava, the first being the James Joyce Bridge, which is further upriver. [ 5 ] Constructed by a "Graham Hollandia Joint Venture", [ 3 ] the main span of the Samuel Beckett Bridge is supported by 31 cable stays from a doubly back-stayed single forward arc tubular tapered spar , with decking provided for four traffic and two pedestrian lanes.
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The new milestone Santiago Calatrava in Dublin reminds the Bridge “La Mujer”that the architect in Buenos Aires, the latter in tribute to the work of women in society, and drawing a Bechett Samuel Celtic harp, the most prominent symbol of Irish culture, pays homage to Dublin and its people. “When I design a bridge, avant-garde attempt to make it app...
Join the south bank of the River Liffey in central Dublin, with the north, within the framework of a program directed to retrieve the port area known as “The Springs” (Dublin Docklands), near Macken Street. The central axis of the bridge is lined with Guild Street on the north side of the river Liffey and cross the river at right angles to connect ...
The bridge is inspired by traditional Irish harp. The harp is a true symbol of Ireland in its design so the cables are reminiscent of the strings and so the bridge is a mixture of symbolism and modernity. Calatrava Bridge was named for Samuel Beckett, Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969. It is the second signature bridge in the Irish capital, after ...
The multimodal platform that can rotate 90 degrees by a rotation mechanism located at the base of the tower to allow river traffic, including four lanes for cars, two in each direction of travel, two lanes for pedestrians and cyclists and a space for future tram.
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.
The main materials used in its construction have been the steel and concrete. The mast was built in steel curved, like the eight sections that form the gateway and the 31 cables that connect the board with the mast. The 25 cables front cord 60 mm are closed and six rear cord also closed 145 mm. Reinforced concrete was used for counterweights, for s...
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The bridge is, from this point of view capable of weaving the city together and act as a new nodal point for the continual development of the URBIS. The bridge (re)presents the city as an archive, suggesting that the structure has an inherent connection to the past and that of the future. The weaving of past and present is formally (re ...
The hydraulic system was connected to rotate the bridge 90 degrees to its closed position and cables were tensioned. Once everything was in place, abutments were finished. Finishings such as waterproofing or asphalt were applied. Samuel Beckett Bridge was opened by the Lord Mayor of Dublin on December 10 th, 2009. 3D model
The Samuel Beckett bridge is a cable stayed, steel box girder structure with a span of 123 meters over the Liffey, which rotates through 90 degrees. The pylon curves northwards to a point 48 meters above the water level with 25 cables set in a harp formation. The deck consists of two pedestrian and cycle tracks, two traffic lanes and two lanes ...
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.
Project summary. The Samuel Beckett Bridge is a €40m signature structure acting as a maritime gateway for Dublin’s Docklands. With inspiration for its design reflecting the national emblem of Ireland, the harp, and named after one of the island’s most preeminent writers, Samuel Beckett, GRAHAM and our Joint Venture Partner Hollandia converted world-renowned artist and architect Santiago ...
