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on the bridge, it was intended to widen Carlisle Bridge to bring it to the same width as 70-metre (230 ft)-wide Sackville Street (now O'Connell Street), which formed the north side carriageway connection to the Bridge. Between 1877 and 1880 the bridge was reconstructed and widened. As can be
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In recent years, the lamps that graced the central island have been restored to their five-lantern glory. In 2004, a pair of pranksters installed a plaque on the bridge dedicated to
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seen on orthophotography it spans now 45 m (148 ft) of the Liffey and is about 50 m (160 ft) wide.
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on each of the four corners. A keystone head at the apex of the central span symbolises the
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There are actually two O'Connell Bridges in Dublin. The other spans the pond in
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was a symmetrical, three semicircular arch structure constructed in
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When the bridge was reopened around 1882 it was renamed for
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Carlisle Bridge, Lancaster
O'Connell Bridge viewed from the west
Coordinates
53°20′50″N 6°15′33″W / 53.3473°N 6.2591°W / 53.3473; -6.2591
River Liffey
Dublin
Ha'penny Bridge
Rosie Hackett Bridge
James Gandon
Irish
River Liffey
Dublin
O'Connell Street
D'Olier Street
Westmoreland Street
south quays

O'Connell Street
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle
James Gandon
granite
balustrade
obelisks
River Liffey
the Custom House
James Gandon
rivers of Ireland

Westmoreland Street

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