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The design and construction of the new Mizen Head Footbridge, Ireland

2013; Volume: 166; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1680/bren.11.00018

1751-7664

Kieran Ruane, Murt Coleman, Enda Collery, Eoghan Lehane, Brendan Minihane, Ross O’Donovan, Noel O'Keeffe, Kevin Power,

3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage

Mizen Head Footbridge in County Cork, Ireland, is a reinforced concrete through-arch structure spanning 50 m. The original structure was completed in 1909. After 100 years of service the bridge was demolished and reconstructed in 2009/10. This paper describes the design and construction challenges of safely demolishing and reconstructing the bridge in a difficult site location. The bridge provided access to a lighthouse on a tiny island, Cloghán, at the tip of Mizen Head in southwest Cork. The original structure was commissioned by the Commissioners of Irish Lights (CIL). The structural form was chosen from a design competition held in the early 1900s. The entries to this competition are held in the CIL archives and are on display in the Visitors' Centre at Mizen Head.