Quicentennial or quincentenary bridge

MargeS

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?

snubbleste

It's Quincentenary Bridge.

celty

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

ronnie3585

It will always be the New Bridge to me!

snubbleste

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:

ErnieBert

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

KittyeeTrix

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

Being serious though, I call it the Quincentennial

martyboy48

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

It's the Quincentennial Bridge, surely? Or just the New Bridge.

dilallio

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

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

hairyfairy00

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

emptybladder

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

TheCosmicFrog

I've always called it "The Quincentennial".

OP, maybe make a poll?

Also...

Das Kitty

On a plaque in the middle it says Quincentenary Bridge.

Used to call it the other myself.

Pure Sound

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

ethernet

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

mikemac

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

mikemac

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.

antoobrien

Deleted User wrote: »

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).

what_traffic

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!

Pure Sound

mikemac wrote: »

Do people say Foster St?

It's clearly Forster

Its pronounced locally as Foster St

KevR

"The Quince"

JimiWonderDoor 92

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

WesternNight

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

Also, Foster Street.