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Thursday 14 May 2009

Calatrava's Dublin Bridge #2 arrives in Dublin

I missed it!! I was away for the weekend and not up to scratch on the goings-on in Dublin. The second of Calatrava's bridges arrived into the Liffey yesterday. It was sitting outside the East Link Bridge in Dublin port since Monday, waiting for ideal tidal and wind conditions.
Apparently, the opening of the East Link was only just wide enough to let the bridge (at a particular point) pass through and so the tide had to be at its highest point.
I wrote an article about the two bridge designs in Blianiris, an Irish language publication in 2004. It almost felt like a friend I hadn't seen in a while had returned again when I saw the bridge coming into the city on the news yesterday.
The bridge is moored in the Liffey and will be anchored in place in June. I mustn't miss that date!