Talbot Memorial Bridge Explained

Bridge Name:Talbot Memorial Bridge
Native Name:Droichead Cuimhneacháin an Talbóidigh
Native Name Lang:Irish
Crosses:River Liffey
Locale:Dublin, Ireland
Designer:De Leuw, Chadwick & O’hEocha Engineers
Preceded:Loopline Bridge
Followed:Seán O'Casey Bridge
Length:~75m
Width:~22m
Spans:3[1]
Begin:April 1976[2]
Complete:February 1978
Coordinates:53.3478°N -6.2517°W

The Talbot Memorial Bridge [3] is a road bridge spanning the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland. 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 marks the furthest point up to the Liffey to which tall ships may travel, as all bridges downriver of it are either swingbridges or bascule.

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.[4] Talbot was a temperance campaigner from Dublin's Northside, a statue of whom stands at the south end of the bridge.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Talbot Memorial Bridge - Design and Engineering . Dublin City Council . Bridges of Dublin . 11 December 2016 .
  2. Project history of Dublin's River Liffey bridges. Bridge Engineering 156 Issue BE4 . Phillips & Hamilton.
  3. Web site: Droichead Cuimhneacháin an Talbóidigh / Talbot Memorial Bridge . Logainm.ie . Database of Placenames' Commission. 11 December 2016 .
  4. Web site: Talbot Memorial Bridge. What's in a name? . Bridges of Dublin . en . 25 August 2018.
  5. Web site: A statue of the Venerable Matt Talbot - Geograph Ireland . Geograph.ie . 2013-07-17 . 2013-09-20.