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The River Suir Bridge is a
cable-stayed bridge A cable-stayed bridge has one or more ''towers'' (or ''pylons''), from which wire rope, cables support the bridge deck. A distinctive feature are the cables or wikt:stay#Etymology 3, stays, which run directly from the tower to the deck, norm ...
over the
River Suir The River Suir ( ; or ''Abhainn na Siúire'' ) is a river in Ireland that flows into the Atlantic Ocean through Waterford after a distance of . The catchment area of the Suir is 3,610 km2.
in
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. It was built as part of the N25
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Bypass, and opened to traffic on 19 October 2009, some ten months ahead of schedule. The Viking settlement at Woodstown was discovered during the project and the route of the southern approach roads was altered to preserve the site. The 230 metre main span had the longest single bridge span in the
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, until the opening of the
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, taking that record from the Boyne River Bridge on the
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. By comparison, the main span of the
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is four metres longer.


Overview

The cable-stayed bridge with its 112 metre tall tower, is a landmark structure for Waterford City and surrounding areas. The tower is constructed on the south side of the river. A series of "stay cables" fan out from the top of the tower to support the main span at intervals of about 10 metres. Corresponding cables fan to the back spans using the weight of the back span and anchor piles to balance the forces and "keep the tower standing straight".


Other bridges at Waterford City

* The first permanent bridge at Waterford City was the so-called "Timbertoes" bridge (1793-1913) * It was replaced by the Redmond Bridge (1910-1984) * The current city-centre bridge is the Rice Bridge (1982–present) * The River Suir Bridge marks the first time Waterford city has been served by two bridges


Gallery

Suir Bridge.JPG, The Suir Bridge under construction in April 2009 River Suir Bridge tower.JPG, The tower on opening day River Suir Bridge tower (close-up).JPG, Close-up of the tower on opening day Suir RiverBridge looking south(Edit).jpg, Opening day


See also

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Roads in Ireland The island of Ireland, comprising Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, has an extensive network of tens of thousands of kilometres of public roads, usually surfaced. These roads have been developed and modernised over centuries, from ...
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Atlantic Corridor The Atlantic corridor or Atlantic motorway is a proposed road project in Ireland. The scheme, announced in 2005, was intended to link Waterford in the South-East to Letterkenny in the North-West via motorway or dual carriageway by 2015. Howev ...
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References

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