Grattan Bridge

Grattan Bridge

Droichead Grattan
Grattan Bridge
Grattan Bridge
Coordinates53°20′45″N 6°16′04″W / 53.3457°N 6.2678°W / 53.3457; -6.2678
CrossesRiver Liffey
LocaleDublin, Ireland
Preceded byO'Donovan Rossa Bridge
Followed byMillennium Bridge
Characteristics
MaterialStone, iron
No. of spans5 (2 semicircular & 3 elliptical arches)
History
DesignerWilliam Robinson (1677-78)
George Semple (1750s build)
Bindon Blood Stoney & Parke Neville (1870s widening)[1]
OpenedBuilt 1676 - Essex Bridge
Rebuilt 1753 - Essex Bridge
Rebuilt 1872 - Grattan Bridge
Location
Map
One of the ornate cast iron lamps on the bridge, featuring the mythical hippocampus: half horse, half fish.

Grattan Bridge (Irish: Droichead Grattan)[2] is a road bridge spanning the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland, and joining Capel Street to Parliament Street and the south quays.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference berthamilton was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Droichead Grattan / Grattan Bridge". Logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 8 December 2016.