Rosie Hackett Bridge
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Rosie Hackett Bridge Droichead Róise Haicéad |
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The bridge during construction in 2014
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| Coordinates | 53°20′53″N 6°15′25″W / 53.348°N 6.257°WCoordinates: 53°20′53″N 6°15′25″W / 53.348°N 6.257°W |
| Crosses | River Liffey |
| Locale | Dublin |
| Named for | Rosie Hackett, an Irish trade union leader known for being co-founder of the Irish Women Workers' Union |
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| Total length | 48 metres (157 ft) |
| Width | 26 metres (85 ft) |
| No. of spans | Single span |
| History | |
| Construction start | 2011 |
| Construction end | 20 May 2014 |
 Rosie Hackett Bridge
Location in Central Dublin
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The Rosie Hackett Bridge (Irish: Droichead Róise Haicéad) is a road bridge in Dublin in Ireland, which opened on 20 May 2014. Spanning the River Liffey and joining Marlborough Street to Hawkins Street, it is intended solely for use by public transport, taxis, cyclists and pedestrians. It is 26 metres wide and 48 metres long, and is designed to be a slender, single span, smooth concrete structure, with the underside of the bridge designed to be as high above the water as possible so that river traffic is not impeded. It is planned to carry the Luas Cross City line, which is to connect the Luas Red and Green lines. It was budgeted at €15 million, and named for trade unionist Rosie Hackett.
The bridge is to carry the Luas Cross City, which is to connect the Luas Red and Green lines. However, until the Luas Cross City project is completed in 2017, the bridge is only used by Dublin Bus routes 14, 15, 27, 27x, 33x, 33d, 142 and 151, certain Bus Éireann services, taxis, bicycles and motorbikes.
The bridge was proposed by Dublin City Council to carry the southbound line of the Luas Cross City, to allow for the reorganisation of certain Dublin Bus routes, and to ease congestion by providing additional capacity for buses and taxis crossing the Liffey.
Commentators argued that, being just 90 metres downstream from the very wide O'Connell Bridge, the new bridge could not bring much benefit, and any benefit would be cancelled out by the negative impact on the city's classical Georgian urban plan - especially to the symmetry of spacing between existing Liffey bridges. Ultimately, following an environmental impact assessment and Bord Pleanála approval in 2009, the project was approved without any changes to the planned location.
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