O'Connell Bridge

Heart

Hi,

Does anybody know what the red sprayed marking all across O'Connell St. are for?

They go from each corner at Eden/Burgh/Aston Quay & Bachelors Walk across the bridge. Are they for a bridge re-vamp (Hopefully!).

Thanks for any help.

H

Bluetonic

Heart wrote:

Are they for a bridge re-vamp (Hopefully!).

Am interested to know how you think should be revamped, or even why?

AlekSmart

Be still O beating Heart and fear not....
Those red lines are all part of the large scale surveying being carried out for the Luas Link Up or Metro or Irish Sea Tunnel or whatever.

For the past week or so a very organized and professional looking bunch of people have been using high-tech ultrasoundy type machines on wheels to peer deep into the soil beneath our feet.

It seems that the O Connell Bridge route could be a problem for the oul tram cos of rising damp.......:)

It goes without saying that the professional looking and very well equipped Surveyors (FULL Reflective Suits,Electronic Hi-Viz Wands and plenty of cones) are not native to our soil and appear to be from John Bull`s land.

Our "Professionals" continue to emulate the Chimpanzee family as they place "Temporary" Bus Stops directly beside Pedestrian Crossing signals in order to see if it`s possible to cull the Schoolgoing population of Balinteer/Dundrum.

Take a look at Balinteer Rd pedestrian Lights just before Wesley College.
While one is looking and pondering in awe,ask oneself what,if anything was going through the relevant Engineers head as he/she approved of the locating of a Bus Stop almost diorectly attached to a Traffic Signal array.

If a Bus Stops to deal with passengers it totally obscures the view of the Traffic Signals for following motorists.
Most of those following motorists will immediately seek to overtake the stopping bus anyway and there lies the danger......However I am prepared to accept that The Type of Engineer operating here is of such intelligence that these are mere trifles when stacked against watever completion bonus is on offer......Safety....Ah sure It`ll do .... :eek:

MarkoP11

AlekSmart wrote:

Be still O beating Heart and fear not....
Those red lines are all part of the large scale surveying being carried out for the Luas Link Up or Metro or Irish Sea Tunnel or whatever.

Closer than you think

The markings go the whole way from Nassau Street/Grafton Street down Westmorland Street.

The surveyors work at night and operate very efficiently, they seem to be marking out the centre lines of a tramway

Considering that all Luas link up options take this route they need a survey for the detailed drawings

Saruman

Did our old tram system not actually run on the bridge before the muppets got rid of it? Anyway if it did then why would it not be suitable now?

johnnyrotten

Blood stains after Fr. Pat Noise crashed on 10th August 1919
http://www.irishroadside.com/unclassified/hoaxucm.htm

Victor

I was looking at the maps they had up in the Civic Offices yesterday. They have meticulously surveyed one of the service ducts on the west side of Westmoreland Street - but nothing else.

AlekSmart

Seeking the long lost Buried repository of Bewleys Coffee perhaps....???? :rolleyes:

Heart

Thanks to everyone for the answers to my question.

In reply to Bluetonic:

Am interested to know how you think should be revamped, or even why?

Excellent work has been done to the street lamps & uplighters on the bridge but the footpath surface is terrible.

The footpath is black tar (now covered in chewing gum by Dublin's dirty residents!) and has no character apart from the flagstones at the edge.

With all the re-paving done on O'Connell St., the paths on O'Connell Bridge are nothing in comparison.

Also the 'cross hatched' road line painted part of the bridge on the northbound side should be included into a wider footpath, in line with the O'Connell St. path. This would also give people waiting to cross Bachelors Walk jct. somewhere to stand rather than on the 'cross hatched' lines.

H

dRNk SAnTA

Heart wrote:

Thanks to everyone for the answers to my question.

In reply to Bluetonic:



Excellent work has been done to the street lamps & uplighters on the bridge but the footpath surface is terrible.

The footpath is black tar (now covered in chewing gum by Dublin's dirty residents!) and has no character apart from the flagstones at the edge.

With all the re-paving done on O'Connell St., the paths on O'Connell Bridge are nothing in comparison.

Also the 'cross hatched' road line painted part of the bridge on the northbound side should be included into a wider footpath, in line with the O'Connell St. path. This would also give people waiting to cross Bachelors Walk jct. somewhere to stand rather than on the 'cross hatched' lines.

H

I agree completely. There is no reason why the footpath should be so thin, there needs to be a revamp that puts the pedestrian first.

Traffic

Upgrade work on Oconnell Bridge (footpath widening and repaving) will prob most likely be done in conjunction with the luas link up

AlekSmart

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Also the 'cross hatched' road line painted part of the bridge on the northbound side should be included into a wider footpath, in line with the O'Connell St. path. This would also give people waiting to cross Bachelors Walk jct. somewhere to stand rather than on the 'cross hatched' lines. <<

What !!!....Nonsense....where do you suggest the Poor Oul Taxi Drivers should go as they nip up de inside bud.... like......!! :eek:

SeanW

Slightly OT, but is the plaque to Fr. Pat Noise still there?

JaysusMacfeck

The council removed it after they found no record of him.

Zoney

JaysusMacfeck wrote:

The council removed it after they found no record of him.

Did they? It was there when I checked shortly before Christmas a month or two ago. I had the presence of mind to think of it as I was dashing across the bridge - I'm not from Dublin so I was inclined to take a good look at the general state of the bridge anyways. The bridge does need doing up - very shabby. There's even a baluster (sp.?) missing - an ugly plastic road works hoard is strapped over the gap.

I wouldn't mind if there was money allocated too for doing up Sarsfield Bridge in Limerick - it is also quite elegant architecturally (similar balusters), but has in the same way become a bit shabby. However, I think like O'Connell Bridge, the old-style lanterns have already been fixed up.

JaysusMacfeck

As someone mentioned before, the Bridge will be repaired during the Westmorland and Dame Street renovations, which will probably be during the Luas link (if they had any sense)

Victor

Zoney wrote:

There's even a baluster (sp.?) missing - an ugly plastic road works hoard is strapped over the gap.

I'm guesssing a car hit it and they are waiting for a duplicate piece of granite(?).