The Samuel Beckett Bridge is located east of the city’s centre and within the ‘heart’ of the newly developed docklands area, facilitating an important urban transport link for private car use, public transport, cyclists and pedestrians; and contributing towards the improved environmental, commercial and social development of the urban area in which it is located.
This Samuel Beckett Bridge lecture is based on the paper of the same name that was awarded the John Henry Garrood King Medal at the 2012 ICE Annual Awards Ceremony. It will explore:
• The basis of the bridge’s structural and operational design
• How the main river support was constructed
• The manner in which the superstructure was fabricated and positioned
The Samuel Beckett Bridge is a Calatrava-designed, cable-stayed, steel box girder structure, with a span across the River Liffey, of 123 m. It rotates through 90°, has an asymmetric shape reflecting a harp laid on its side, with the base to the cable-stayed steel pylon set outside of the river’s navigational channel – 28 m from the river’s south quay wall. The pylon curves northwards to a point 46 m above the water level with 25 forestay cables set in a ‘harp’ formation.
For more information, please contact (recordedlectures@ice.org.uk)
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