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Quicentennial or quincentenary bridge

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  • 05-09-2011 4:35pm
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    MargeS
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    Most evenings lately I hear the AA road watch traffic update on the radio and they insist on calling the 'bridge' - the Quincentenary bridge!
    I always thought it was Quicentennial bridge? :confused:


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    snubbleste
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    It's Quincentenary Bridge.


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    celty
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    For a lot of Galwegians, it's still called the 'New Bridge' ... even though it's been there since the mid 1980s.

    How a lot of us really wish there was a 'new bridge'!:D


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    ronnie3585
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    It will always be the New Bridge to me!


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    snubbleste
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    A lot of blow-ins refer to it as the slow-moving car park. They refuse to accept the slower pace of life here in the whest :cool:


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    ErnieBert
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    Do you mean the N6 inner city by-pass western approach Connemara gateway bridge?


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    KittyeeTrix
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    Always called it that "Cnut of a road" myself...:D

    Being serious though, I call it the Quincentennial :)


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    martyboy48
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    I call it the Quincentennial.... Sometimes refer to it as the new bridge :)


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    [Deleted User]
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    It's the Quincentennial Bridge, surely? Or just the New Bridge.


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    dilallio
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    I always called it Quincentennial Bridge but it's Quincentenary.

    AA Roadwatch traffic update have even referred to it as the Quintessential Bridge.


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    hairyfairy00
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    I always knew it as the Quicentennial, it's only in the last year or so that i've heard people refer to it as the Quincentenary


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    emptybladder
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    Its most definitely the Quincentenary Bridge. But I also call it the New Bridge.


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    TheCosmicFrog
    Registered Users Posts: 1,379 ✭✭✭TheCosmicFrog


    I've always called it "The Quincentennial".

    OP, maybe make a poll?

    Also...
    FWInh.png


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    Das Kitty
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    On a plaque in the middle it says Quincentenary Bridge.

    Used to call it the other myself.


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    Pure Sound
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    Locally its known as the Quincentennial bridge or the new bridge but officially its called Quincentenary bridge

    Its similar to the Forster/Foster St argument, Galwegians have their own way of saying things:D


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    ethernet
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    I affectionally refer to it as the Quincy. Playing it safe with that one as well ;)


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    mikemac
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    We Need Community wrote: »

    Its similar to the Forster/Foster St argument, Galwegians have their own way of saying things:D

    Do people say Foster St?

    It's clearly Forster


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    [Deleted User]
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    mikemac wrote: »
    We Need Community wrote: »

    Its similar to the Forster/Foster St argument, Galwegians have their own way of saying things:D

    Do people say Foster St?

    It's clearly Forster

    A lot of people I know refer to it as Foster.


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    antoobrien
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    A lot of people I know refer to it as Foster.

    Never knew it was Forster St. until I saw it written down.

    It's a bit like the saying sangwich instead of sandwich (which I get accused of a lot).


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    what_traffic
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    We Need Community wrote: »
    Locally its known as the Quincentennial bridge or the new bridge but officially its called Quincentenary bridge

    Its similar to the Forster/Foster St argument, Galwegians have their own way of saying things:D

    So true!


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    Pure Sound
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    mikemac wrote: »
    Do people say Foster St?

    It's clearly Forster
    Its pronounced locally as Foster St


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    KevR
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    "The Quince"


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    JimiWonderDoor 92
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    The Quincentennial, often here others say new bridege but never the other one.

    Also, I say Foster st.

    Bit like people I know saying T'rellan instead of tirellan

    :)


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    WesternNight
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    It's always been the Quincentennial to me. Or the Quince.

    Also, Foster Street.

    :o


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