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Marlborough Street Public Transport Priority Bridge

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    #272
    LeinsterDub
    Registered Users Posts: 8,229 ✭✭✭LeinsterDub


    Nip picking but is it just me or does the name plaque look dirty/old already?


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    #273
    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,245 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    LeinsterDub wrote: »
    Nip picking
    It does nit. :pac:

    Perhaps that it was a dusk / night shot probably doesn't help.


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    #274
    Carawaystick
    Registered Users Posts: 8,779 ✭✭✭Carawaystick


    Victor wrote: »


    308046.JPG

    Why is there a gap in the traffic island, but no dish in the riverside kerb?
    Why no no-entry signs, just markings?


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    #275
    LeinsterDub
    Registered Users Posts: 8,229 ✭✭✭LeinsterDub


    Victor wrote: »
    It does nit. :pac:

    Perhaps that it was a dusk / night shot probably doesn't help.

    Stupid phone !


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    #276
    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,245 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Carawaystick wrote: »
    Why no no-entry signs, just markings?
    They were still working on it on Tuesday evening.


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    #277
    Aard
    Registered Users Posts: 4,905 ✭✭✭Aard


    The new bridge looks well when viewed from O'Connell Bridge, and the lights frame the Custom House nicely.


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    #278
    ongarboy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,201 ✭✭✭ongarboy


    Those pictures look fantastic - maybe it was the dusk and lighting effect but it has turned out much better than I envisaged. Hopefully, it might be the catalyst to improve the overall Eden Quay/Burgh Quay area as it was a rather grotty area. There's a few vacant period buildings at the corner of Marlborough St and more along Eden Quay that are just crying out for TLC. If they were put to good public/commercial use, it would keep the momentum going.


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    #279
    FreudianSlippers
    Registered Users Posts: 20,397 ✭✭✭✭FreudianSlippers


    IMHO it looks much better in person.


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    #280
    noelfirl
    Registered Users Posts: 625 ✭✭✭noelfirl


    My main concern would be that they actually do the frigging upkeep on the lights this time. Last time I went down by Beckett bridge the vast majority of the underside ones were blown out. Not to mention the used to be perpetually half-on half-off James Joyce Bridge. And the underside of the Ha'penny bridge, has that been re-illuminated yet? We don't exactly have form here...


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    #281
    grimbergen
    Registered Users Posts: 312 ✭✭grimbergen


    Quackster wrote: »
    There are plans for a two-way cycleway running along the north quays from the Point to Heuston so when that comes on stream, there will be left and right turns available from the north-bound cycle lane. Subject to the agreement of the newly-elected city council, construction of the cycleway could commence early next year.

    Will this be segregated like the grand cycle route? Great if true


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    #282
    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,245 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    grimbergen wrote: »
    Will this be segregated like the grand cycle route? Great if true
    Generally yes, but space is a bit tight in places, so there might be some sections of shared space with pedestrians.


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    #283
    Conway635
    Registered Users Posts: 400 ✭✭Conway635


    Watching this in operation on Saturday I noted a few problems with buses trying to exit the bridge, as traffic on Burgh Quay ignores the yellow box and queues solidly across it.

    Looks like they are installing lights, but not in operation yet.

    C635


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    #284
    L1011
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 67,660 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1011


    The traffic lights on Burgh Quay were working on Friday evening I could have sworn.


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    #285
    FreudianSlippers
    Registered Users Posts: 20,397 ✭✭✭✭FreudianSlippers


    MYOB wrote: »
    The traffic lights on Burgh Quay were working on Friday evening I could have sworn.

    Working on Thursday IIRC


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    #286
    Conway635
    Registered Users Posts: 400 ✭✭Conway635


    Ah, OK.

    Weren't working around 1.30-2pm Saturday for some reason, and in particular the "straight across" buses to hawkins Street were having difficulty.

    Good to see it is being used by Bus Eireann westbound services as well as the DB routes.

    C635


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    #287
    TheBandicoot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 879 ✭✭✭TheBandicoot


    Conway635 wrote: »
    traffic on Burgh Quay ignores the yellow box and queues solidly across it.

    Where were the Gardai?

    Guess other posters were right about this persisting after the bridge opened..


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    #288
    markpb
    Registered Users Posts: 9,250 ✭✭✭markpb


    TheBandicoot wrote: »
    Where were the Gardai?

    Not enforcing the road traffic acts as always.


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    #289
    LXFlyer
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    Lights certainly working today.


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    #290
    ongarboy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,201 ✭✭✭ongarboy


    Love the new Dublin-ism for it....take a mosey across the rosie! :D

    http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/take-a-mosey-across-the-rosie-rosie-hackett-bridge-opened-30289965.html


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    #291
    cgcsb
    Registered Users Posts: 9,275 ✭✭✭cgcsb


    I like the new bridge, it certainly has increased footfall on marlborough street. I have a few quibbles though. The bridge is not integrated into the adjoining streets. If I'm walking from Marlborough st to Hawkins st, I have to cross Eden quay on to the east side of the bridge(pedestrian facilities on the other side are only partially built). Then upon reaching the south end of the bridge, I can't cross straight away, I have to cross onto the west side of the bridge to complete a crossing.

    On the up side there were plenty of decent folk enjoying the sun on the benches, not a junkie in sight.


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