July 11, 2016

Construction of a proposed €30 million bridge linking Dublin’s south docks with the planned new “urban quarter” on the Poolbeg peninsula is planned for 2020.

The proposed new bridge will connect the peninsula lands earmarked for up to 3,000 homes to the rest of the docklands, following the decision to defer construction of a €17 million pedestrian and cycle bridge over the Liffey. That bridge was to run from the proposed Dart Underground station at the north docks to Forbes Street on the south side.

The new bridge will run from the end of Sir John Rogerson’s Quay across the mouth of the river Dodder where it flows into the Liffey, and across to Thorncastle Street in Ringsend. The council plans to have the bridge in place by 2020 and hopes, following the NTA review, to have the Liffey crossing in place around the same time.