River Suir Bridge
River Suir Bridge | |
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The bridge viewed from Granagh Castle | |
| Coordinates | 52°16′44″N 7°09′04″W / 52.27881°N 7.151°W |
| Carries | 4 lanes |
| Crosses | River Suir |
| Locale | Waterford City |
| Official name | Thomas Francis Meagher Bridge |
| Maintained by | Celtic Roads Group |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | cable-stayed bridge |
| Total length | 465m |
| Width | 30.6m |
| Height | 112m |
| Longest span | 230m |
| No. of spans | 5 |
| Piers in water | 0 |
| Clearance above | 14m |
| History | |
| Construction start | 2006 |
| Construction end | 2009 |
| Opened | 19 October 2009 |
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The River Suir Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge over the River Suir in Ireland. It was built as part of the N25 Waterford Bypass, and opened to traffic on 19 October 2009, some ten months ahead of schedule. The Viking settlement at Woodstown was discovered during the project and the route of the southern approach roads was altered to preserve the site.
The 230 metre main span had the longest single bridge span in the Republic of Ireland, until the opening of the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Bridge, taking that record from the Boyne River Bridge on the Dublin to Belfast M1 motorway. By comparison, the main span of the Foyle Bridge in Northern Ireland is four metres longer.