The beautiful Samuel Beckett Bridge is a single tower, steel-box girder, cable-stayed bridge over the River Liffey in the Docklands area of central Dublin, Republic of Ireland. It was designed by the Spanish structural engineer and architect Santiago Calatrava Valls and is representative of his typical style. The bridge is said to have been inspired by an Irish coin being flipped and represents an Irish Harp standing on its edge, which is very appropriate as the Irish Harp, not the shamrock, is the official emblem of the Republic of Ireland.
The Samuel Becket Bridge can rotate through 90 degrees to allow ships to pass up and down river. It was opened to the public on 10th December 2009, and won the 2010 Engineers Ireland Award.
Dublin Convention Centre on Spencer Dock, opened in 2010, is in the background of the photo.
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