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Mary McAleese Boyne Valley Bridge | |
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 M1 traffic crossing the bridge | |
| Coordinates | 53°43′04″N 6°23′48″W / 53.717866°N 6.396704°W |
| Carries | Four lanes |
| Crosses | Boyne River |
| Locale | County Louth, 3 km west of Drogheda |
| Named for | Mary McAleese's peace process as President from 1997 to 2011 |
| Maintained by | Celtic Roads Group |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Cable-stayed bridge |
| Total length | 352.5 m |
| Width | 34.5 m |
| Height | 95 m |
| Longest span | 170 m |
| No. of spans | 6 |
| Piers in water | 0 |
| Clearance above | 20 m |
| History | |
| Designer | Roughan & O'Donovan |
| Construction start | May 2000 |
| Construction end | 2003 |
| Opened | 9 June 2003 |
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The Mary McAleese Boyne Valley Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge in County Meath, and County Louth, Ireland.[1] It spans the Boyne River 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of Drogheda on the county boundary between County Meath and County Louth and is part of the M1 Northern Motorway. When it opened in June 2003, it was the longest cable-stayed bridge in Ireland until 19 October 2009, when the River Suir Bridge opened on the N25.
Due to environmental concerns, an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) was carried out for the bridge separately from the M1 EIS—the first such formal EIS carried out and published for a bridge in Ireland.[2] The bridge was built from 2000 to 2003. It was designed Roughan & O'Donovan consulting engineers,[3] who were awarded the ACEI Presidential Award in 2005 for the design.[4]
- ^ Bypass 'to cut journey times', BBC NEWS
- ^ "The Design and Construction of the Boyne Bridge, page 4" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2008.
- ^ Roughan & O'Donovan - Projects - Mary McAleese Boyne Valley Bridge
- ^ ACEI Member News