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River Suir Bridge

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General Information

Structural Type: Cable-stayed bridge
Function / usage: Road bridge
Completed in: 2009
Status: in use

Geographic Information & Related Structures

Location: Kilkenny City, County Kilkenny, Ireland, Europe
Waterford, County Waterford, Ireland, Europe
Crosses
  • River Suir

Technical Information

Dimensions

main span 230 m
length 465 m
span lengths 42.0 m - 66.5 m - 91.5 m - 230.0 m - 35.0 m
pylon height 108 m

Products, Services & Reports

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Chronology

April 2006

Beginning of works.
19 October 2009

Opened.

Participants

Design
Wind tunnel testing
Co-contractor
Stay cables
Expansion joints

Relevant Web Sites

Relevant Publications

  • Smooth Suir, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 2nd Quarter 2008, n. 51 v. 14
  • Astiz Suárez, Miguel A. & Manterola Armisén, Javier Puente atirantado sobre el río Suir en Waterford (Irlanda), presented at IV Congreso de la Asociación Científico-Tecnica del Hormigón Estructural - Congreso Internacional de Estructuras, Valencia, 24-27.11.2008.
  • Richart, Javier & González Olivares, Miguel Dealing with dynamics, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 4th Quarter 2009, n. 57 v. 15
  • Russell, Helena Tower of strength, in "Bridge Design & Engineering", 3rd Quarter 2009, n. 56 v. 15

Internal Information

Structure-ID: s0019004
Created: 10/01/2006
Last Updated: 27/02/2013