Vital repair works have started on the Cork city heritage bridge which links North Mall to Bachelor’s Quay, close to the Mercy University Hospital.
St Vincent’s Bridge is to be fully refurbished over the two stages of the project.
This first phase of works is focussed on critical maintenance works including cleaning the bridge and putting structural improvements in place. The lower sections of the bridge are also to be painted and new public lighting installed on the northern side of the bridge, in the direction of Sunday’s Well.
Up to €180,000 is to be spent on this phase of the project which is funded by the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport. The next phase of the project, to be completed next year or in 2020, will see an extensive refurbishment of the bridge including improvements to its surface.
Work is ongoing on the €1.2 million repair and rehabilitation of Cork city’s St. Patrick’s Bridge. Its 19th century stonework is being cleaned, repaired and repointed and its heritage lamp posts, which have been fully repaired and restored, are to be returned to the bridge in the coming weeks.
The €1.2 million works, being carried out by Cork City Council in conjunction with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII).
Cork City Council is also undertaking a major programme of repair and restoration works on the city’s iconic Daly's Bridge to address extensive corrosion and damage to the heritage structure. Daly's Bridge is unique in Ireland as the only surviving pedestrian suspension bridge of its type and age.
It’s hoped that tenders will be awarded in the coming months and that work will start within weeks of that.
