At 887m, the bridge is considered the longest in Ireland. This landmark was designed to complement its surroundings and environment. A nine-span, three-tower, extradosed bridge with a single central plane of cables supporting four traffic lanes. This landmark was designed to. Samuel Beckett Bridge (Irish: Droichead Samuel Beckett) is a cable-stayed swingbridge in Dublin, Ireland that joins Sir John Rogerson's Quay on the south side of the River Liffey to Guild Street and North Wall Quay in the Docklands area. Architect Santiago Calatrava was the lead designer of. With an impressive main span extending over 300 meters and featuring characteristically lower tower heights, the design demanded higher-than-average strength concretes to ensure structural integrity. It was built as part of the N25 New Ross Bypass, and was officially opened on 29 January 2020 by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and opened to traffic on 30 January 2020, becoming Ireland's longest bridge.
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