Dublin City Council is planning to build a new bridge over the River Liffey in Dublin City Centre, just downstream of O’Connell Bridge.  The bridge, which forms part of the Transport 21 Plan, will carry buses and the LUAS at this critical location across the Liffey.  It will have cycleways and generous footpaths that will open Marlborough Street and Hawkins Street to greater footfall, prospective development and create a new north-south link from Abbey Street to Pearse Street. 

The bridge will have an elegant contemporary design. It will be a slender, single span, smooth concrete structure, with the underside of the bridge being designed to be as high above the water as possible so that river traffic is not impeded.

Construction is due to commence in late 2009.  The project is funded under the Transport 21 programme and the initial cost estimate is €15M which includes additional works required to the roadways on either side of the bridge. 

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