Liffey Railway Bridge

Liffey Railway Bridge

Droichead Iarnróid na Life
Coordinates53°20′51″N 6°18′12″W / 53.3474°N 6.3033°W / 53.3474; -6.3033
CarriesRailway
CrossesRiver Liffey
LocaleDublin
Maintained byIarnród Éireann
Preceded byIslandbridge
Followed bySeán Heuston Bridge
Characteristics
MaterialWrought iron
History
Construction end1877; 147 years ago (1877)
Location
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The Liffey Railway Bridge is a rail bridge spanning the River Liffey near Heuston railway station in Dublin in Ireland.

It is a wrought iron box truss structure, and joins lines from Heuston Station to Connolly Station through the Phoenix Park Tunnel.[1]

Historically used primarily for freight traffic, in November 2016, the bridge and tunnel were reopened to more regular passenger traffic.[2]

  1. ^ "Archiseek entry - Liffey Rail Bridge". Archiseek. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Phoenix park rail tunnel to open from next Monday". BreakingNews.ie. 14 November 2016.