Think you know Dublin's Samuel Beckett Bridge?
Santiago Calatrava's Samuel Beckett bridge is an icon of Dublin. Opened in 2009, the bridge opens for maintenance every two weeks and is a vital artery for traffic and pedestrians in the Docklands. Info:
Samuel Beckett Bridge Christmas Lights (Dublin City, Ireland)
Samuel Beckett Bridge on the move - Dublin City, Ireland - HD
Samuel Beckett Bridge on the move up the river Liffey in Dublin City, Ireland. 13 / 05 / 2009.............................................................................................
The Samuel Beckett Bridge, measuring 120 metres long and 48 metres high is currently under construction in Dublin's Docklands. It arrived on a barge into Dublin Port on 11th May 2009 having charted its way across the English Channel and Irish Sea. It was transported through the Eastlink Bridge during high tide on Wednesday 13th at 2.30pm and is now moored on a pontoon alongside the south quayside for the next few weeks before being put in place across the river in June. The superstructure began its odyssey at Graham-Hollandia JV Shipyard in Rotterdam on Monday 4th May.
Due to open in early 2010 following finishing and commissioning works, it will link Guild Street on the northside of the City with Sir John Rogerson's Quay on the southside - west of Cardiff Lane / Macken Street.
Construction began on the steel bridge superstructure in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in May 2007, concurrently with the associated civil and marine works on site in Dublin. As part of the civil and marine works, a reinforced concrete support pier has been cast in the river Liffey along with abutments behind the quay walls. The abutments and pier rest on piles up to 20 metres in length, which were bored into the limestone rock underneath the riverbed.
Dr. Santiago Calatrava Valls, one of the world's great architects and engineers, designed the Samuel Beckett Bridge. Dublin is now a member of an exclusive list of cities that are home to two Calatrava-designed bridges, the James Joyce Bridge having opened in 2003.
Samuel Beckett Bridge – Dublin
O arquiteto que projetou a ponte foi Santiago Calatrava, um designer de uma série de pontes e edifícios inovadores. O formato do mastro e os seus cabos é dito para evocar a imagem de uma harpa deitado em sua borda. (A harpa é um ícone secular para os Irlandeses.)
Samuel Beckett Bridge. Dublin. Ireland
9 June 2019 Walking through the night...
Night video of new Samuel Beckett bridge, Dublin
The new bridge designed by Santiago Calatrava opened on Friday last. It is quite elegant - tho' very much a factory output from Senor Calatrava.
(His style never changes - You want swooping curves - I'll give you swooping curves, and say it is inspired by an Irish harp!)
But is is so swooping that when I was there I n...oticed the local kids were using is as a giant slide. Fairly risky stuff - but fun as well!
Samuel Beckett bridge closing for traffic (Dublin, Ireland)
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Samuel Beckett bridge - Dublin/ Ireland
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Samuel Beckett Bridge opening. #Dublin June 2014
A Summer's night and the Samuel Beckett Bridge is opened for a maintenance check.
Bridges of Dublin - Samuel Beckett Bridge - Arrival (2009)
The Samuel Beckett Bridge passes through the East-Link Bridge on its arrival in Dublin. For more information, please visit
2009 Samuel Beckett Bridge Dublin
Dublin’s Samuel Beckett Bridge, designed by internationally renowned architect Santiago Calatrava cost €60 million and took ten years to complete. The 120-metre long, 48-metre high bridge spans the river Liffey from Sir John Rogerson’s Quay near Macken Street on the south side to Guild Street at the site of the new National Convention Centre on the north side.
It was one of two bridges commissioned from Calatrava by Dublin City Council in 2000. The other, the James Joyce Bridge, opened at Blackhall Place near Heuston Station on Bloomsday, June 16th, 2003. The bridge was projected in 1998 to cost £10 million, but the costs ultimately rose to almost €60 million. Designed to represent a harp on its side the cable-stayed bridge was made in the Netherlands and arrived in Dublin on a barge.
Photos by John O Rourke kaysschool.com
SAMUEL BECKETT BRIDGE - DUBLIN - IRELAND - JUNE 7, 2013.
Samuel Beckett Bridge - Irish Gaelic: Droichead Samuel Beckett - is a cable-stayed bridge in Dublin that joins Sir John Rogerson's Quay on the south side of the River Liffey to Guild Street and North Wall Quay in the Docklands area.
The bridge, which cost €60 million, is named for Irish writer Samuel Beckett, was officially opened to pedestrians on 10 December 2009 by Dublin Lord Mayor, Emer Costello and to road traffic at 7 am the following day.
What you can hear in the background is a busker bagpipe player playing a traditional Celtic tune.
The copyright to the visual content of the movie clip belongs to me - the author of the clip.
It was filmed by me from Seán O'Casey Bridge (Irish: Droichead Sheáin Uí Chathasaigh) in Dublin, Ireland on June 7, 2013.
Samuel Beckett Bridge, Dublin, Ireland - June 7, 2013.
Most Samuela Beckett'a, Dublin, Irlandia - 7 czerwca 2013.
Samuel Beckett Bridge Arrives in Dublin, Ireland. Moving up the River Liffey
Samuel Beckett Bridge Arrives in Dublin, Ireland. Moving up the River Liffey...slowly. High tide was about 2pm so the Bridge could pass through the East Link Bridge. Designed by Santiago Calatrava
Samuel Beckett Bridge Dublin
Samuel Beckett Bridge swings open to allow a flotilla of small craft up stream on the River Liffey in Dublin City
Samuel Beckett Bridge Dublin
Samuel Beckett Bridge lit up
Samuel Beckett Bridge arrives in Dublin
The Samuel Beckett Bridge 120 metres long and 48 metres high, was successfully moved through the opening in the East Link Bridge, on the river Liffey Dublin Ireland today. 13 May 2009
Samuel Beckett Bridge, Dublin
Samuel Beckett Bridge - Dublin
Samuel Beckett Bridge joins Sir John Rogerson's Quay on the south side of the River Liffey to Guild Street and North Wall Quay in the Docklands area.
The shape of the spar and its cables is said to evoke an image of a harp lying on its edge. The harp is a secular icon for Ireland and things Irish.
Samuel Beckett Bridge Dublin
Samuel Beckett swings shut after allowing a flotilla of small craft pass upstream