Subsidence on Parliament Bridge

dewdrop

For some time past there is a fairly large subsidence in the surface of this bridge on the right hand side. As nothing has been done about it I can only assume that it is safe?

aujopimur

Move to the left, or wear a lifejacket.

MrFrisp

Yup..Pop on the crash helmet..

It's there months, and getting worse.

No sign of anything being done about it.

It's a real bone shaker.
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the beer revolu

I'd suspect that this is just a surface issue. That bridge was structurally rebuilt not so many years ago.

Pablo Escobar

the beer revolu wrote: »

I'd suspect that this is just a surface issue. That bridge was structurally rebuilt not so many years ago.

This was around 1990 IIRC, so I'd have been about 4. But I seem to remember a temporary bridge that was right next to where Nano Nagle bridge is and traffic just drove straight across to Grand Parade from Sullivans Quay.

whisky_galore

Safe as houses.
It's not like any old structures in Cork City fell down in recent years....

The_Banker

whisky_galore wrote: »

Safe as houses.
It's not like any old structures in Cork City fell down in recent years....

There was a building collapsed about three years ago on Castle St... The gap where the building was is still there... No one injured thankfully.

Also, maybe 14/15 years ago some buildings (or at least the top of them) collapsed on the junction of Washington St/South Main St, killing one young man and putting a girl in a wheelchair.

A lot of buildings had to be reduced in size after that (Mannix & Cullane for example) as well as others getting remedial work.

ofcork

If you look at the upper floors of some buildings they don't look great esp on Washington street.

who_me

Some of the quay wall collapsed just a few metres down from the bridge too. Seemed to happen not long after some kind of pipe was pretty much bolted onto the quay wall. Not really visible now with the boardwalk built overhanging it. Hopefully it's still sound.

whisky_galore

The_Banker wrote: »

There was a building collapsed about three years ago on Castle St... The gap where the building was is still there... No one injured thankfully.

Also, maybe 14/15 years ago some buildings (or at least the top of them) collapsed on the junction of Washington St/South Main St, killing one young man and putting a girl in a wheelchair.

A lot of buildings had to be reduced in size after that (Mannix & Cullane for example) as well as others getting remedial work.

Well aware of those, should make my sarcasm more obvious...

zetalambda

dewdrop wrote: »

For some time past there is a fairly large subsidence in the surface of this bridge on the right hand side. As nothing has been done about it I can only assume that it is safe?

This is Ireland. Someone will have to be injured or killed before anything is done about it.