Brother Edmund Ignatius Rice Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Bascule bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge
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| Other name(s): | Waterford Bridge |
| Built: | 1982 - 1986 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Waterford, County Waterford, Ireland, Europe |
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| Crosses |
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 204 m | |
| standard span lengths | 24 m | |
| total width | 19.26 m | |
| bascule span | length | 40 m |
Cost
| cost of construction | Irish pounds 7 900 000 |
Materials
| deck |
precast prestressed concrete
|
|---|---|
| piles |
steel tubes
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| bascule span |
steel
|
Chronology
| August 1982 | Construction begins. The bridge is a replacement of an earlier bridge, the John Redmond Bridge built in 1913. |
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| 22 October 1984 | Opened officially by Mr. Liam Kavanagh T. D. in the presence of the mayor of Waterford Collr. William Kenneally and the Aldermen and Councillors of Waterford Corporation. |
Participants
Design
Structural engineering
Steel construction
- Hollandia b.v. (bascule span)
Concrete construction
Lifting
- SMIT Transport & Heavy Lift (bascule span)
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Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0013448 |
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| Created: | 23/09/2004 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |