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The bridge, which cost €60 million, is named for Irish writer Samuel Beckett (1906–1989). It was officially opened to pedestrians on 10 December 2009 by Dublin Lord Mayor, Emer Costello and to road traffic at 7 am the following day. The bridge won Engineers Ireland's 'Engineering Project of the Year' in 2010. Criticism
El puente Samuel Beckett (en inglés: Samuel Beckett Bridge) es un puente atirantado diseñado por Santiago Calatrava y ubicado en Dublín, Irlanda [1] que une Macken Street en el lado sur del río Liffey, con Guild Street y North Wall Quay, en la zona de los Docklands de Dublín.
El puente de Calatrava ha sido bautizado con el nombre de Samuel Beckett, premio Nobel de Literatura en 1969. Es el segundo puente de su firma en la capital irlandesa, tras el James Joyce. Calatrava pensó que podría realizar un segundo puente que honrase al símbolo del país: el arpa celta.
A mere flip of a coin - an Irish harp rotating through the air - inspired Santiago Calatrava’s sleek, asymmetric, signature bridge for Dublin. Coolly contemporary in style, yet conceptually traditional, the Samuel Beckett Bridge is in perfect tune with its edgy, historic Docklands surrounds.
The bridge, designed by Calatrava, connects the north and south banks of the River Liffey and resembles the Irish harp. It is a symbol of the modern urban landscape of the Docklands area and can rotate to let ships pass through.
8 de feb. de 2019 · Learn about Dublin's most modern bridge, named after a Nobel Prize-winning writer and shaped like a Celtic harp. See photos, facts and history of this architectural wonder over the River Liffey.
Learn about the construction and features of the asymmetric cable-stayed bridge that crosses the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland. The bridge is named after Nobel Laureate Samuel Beckett and has a distinctive harp-shaped pylon that rotates 90 degrees to open the river.
