The Talbot Memorial Bridge (Irish: Droichead Cuimhneacháin an Talbóidigh)[3] is a road bridge spanning the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland.[4] 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.[5] Talbot was a temperance campaigner from Dublin's Northside, a statue of whom stands at the south end of the bridge.[6]
Referencesedit
^"Talbot Memorial Bridge - Design and Engineering". Bridges of Dublin. Dublin City Council. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
^ abcProject history of Dublin's River Liffey bridges (PDF). Bridge Engineering 156 Issue BE4 (Report). Phillips & Hamilton.
^"Droichead Cuimhneacháin an Talbóidigh / Talbot Memorial Bridge". Database of Placenames' Commission. Logainm.ie. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
^Talbot Memorial Bridge at Structurae. Retrieved 11 December 201.
^"Talbot Memorial Bridge. What's in a name?". Bridges of Dublin. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
^"A statue of the Venerable Matt Talbot - Geograph Ireland". Geograph.ie. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
External linksedit
New Bridge Over The Liffey — 11 December 1976 news report from RTÉ archives
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