Mary McAleese Boyne Valley Bridge
Droichead Ghleann Bóinne | |
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M1 traffic crossing the bridge | |
| Coordinates | 53°43′04″N 6°23′48″W / 53.7179°N 6.3967°W |
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| Crosses | River Boyne |
| Locale | County Louth/County Meath border, 3 km (1.9 mi) west of Drogheda |
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| Owner | Transport Infrastructure Ireland |
| Maintained by | Celtic Roads Group |
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| Followed by | R132 road |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Cable-stayed bridge |
| Total length | 352.5 m (1,156 ft) |
| Width | 34.5 m (113 ft) |
| Height | 95 m (312 ft) |
| Longest span | 170 m (560 ft) |
| No. of spans | 6 |
| Piers in water | 0 |
| Clearance above | 20 m (66 ft) |
| No. of lanes | Four |
| History | |
| Designer | Roughan & O'Donovan |
| Constructed by | Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company |
| Construction start | May 2000 |
| Construction end | 2003 |
| Construction cost | €35 million |
| Opened | 9 June 2003 |
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| Toll | €2.30 for cars |
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The Mary McAleese Boyne Valley Bridge (Irish: Droichead Ghleann Bóinne) is a cable-stayed bridge in County Meath, and County Louth, Ireland. It spans the River Boyne 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of Drogheda on the county boundary between County Meath and County Louth and is part of the M1 Motorway. When it opened in June 2003, it was the longest cable-stayed bridge in Ireland until 19 October 2009, when the River Suir Bridge opened on the N25.
Due to environmental concerns, an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) was carried out for the bridge separately from the M1 EIS—the first such formal EIS carried out and published for a bridge in Ireland. The bridge was built between 2000 and 2003. It was designed Roughan & O'Donovan consulting engineers, who were awarded the Association of Consulting Engineers of Ireland (ACEI) Presidential Award in 2005 for the design.