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Westlink toll bridge building should be protected.

  • 26-08-2008 12:17PM
    #1
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭


    The old toll bridge building on the Westlink should be protected. It is a shame after all these years of service it has done tor the people of Dublin. It also has a history as being the first toll booth in the country. It could also be turned into a fine restaurant or museum for the NRA with ample parking using all the old lead in lanes. :D

    West Link Toll bridge should be protected. 16 votes

    Yes. It should be a listed building.
    0% 0 votes
    No. Glad to see the back of it.
    6% 1 vote
    atari jaguar
    93% 15 votes


Comments

  • #2
    Captain Ginger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,082 ✭✭✭Captain Ginger


    We want to save something that takes our money? :confused:


  • #3
    CountingCrows
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,845 ✭✭✭CountingCrows


    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    It also has a history as being the first toll booth in the country

    Ha'penny Bridge?


  • #4
    SpookyDoll
    Closed Accounts Posts: 533 ✭✭✭SpookyDoll


    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    The old toll bridge building on the Westlink should be protected. It is a shame after all these years of service it has done tor the people of Dublin. It also has a history as being the first toll booth in the country. It could also be turned into a fine restaurant or museum for the NRA with ample parking using all the old lead in lanes.

    Years of service...........:eek: ??????????

    Well, I suppose they preserved concentration camps too.....:rolleyes:


  • #5
    Steve_o
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,432 ✭✭✭Steve_o


    What service?? Taking our money? Causing traffic problems??...


  • #6
    stevedublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 980 ✭✭✭stevedublin


    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    The old toll bridge building on the Westlink should be protected. It is a shame after all these years of service it has done tor the people of Dublin. It also has a history as being the first toll booth in the country. It could also be turned into a fine restaurant or museum for the NRA with ample parking using all the old lead in lanes. :D

    Isnt the East Link toll booth the first toll booth in the country?


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  • #7
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    SpookyDoll wrote: »
    Years of service...........:eek: ??????????

    Well, I suppose they preserved concentration camps too.....:rolleyes:
    They do, Auschwitz and Dachu are all preserved.


  • #8
    mjquinno
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 538 ✭✭✭mjquinno


    i dont think the OP is serious somehow
    Steve_o wrote: »
    What service?? Taking our money? Causing traffic problems??...


  • #9
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    stevedublin wrote: »
    Isnt the East Link toll booth the first toll booth in the country?
    Thats only a micky mouse thing.


  • #10
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,173 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    For Wednesday and Thursday this week, they should give a raffle ticket to every motorist who goes through the bridge on those days.

    On Thursday evening, draw 200 tickets from a hat and announce the winners.

    The winners get to go the toll bridge at any time on Friday, Saturday or Sunday, pick up sledgehammer and batter away to their heart's content.

    Who needs paid contractors?


  • #11
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    If it was turned into a restaurant it would give the public a birds eye view of traffic being zapped passing under the new gantries :D


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  • #12
    Earthhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,728 ✭✭✭✭Earthhorse


    I agree OP.

    I'll guard it till twelve, then you take the nightshift.


  • #13
    SpookyDoll
    Closed Accounts Posts: 533 ✭✭✭SpookyDoll


    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    They do, Auschwitz and Dachu are all preserved.


    Er, yes, thats what I said...........


  • #14
    Captain Ginger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,082 ✭✭✭Captain Ginger


    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    If it was turned into a restaurant it would give the public a birds eye view of traffic being zapped passing under the new gantries :D
    That's just what I want, nice view of traffic while I eat my lunch. :rolleyes:


  • #15
    CountingCrows
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,845 ✭✭✭CountingCrows


    It really is a thing of beauty


  • #16
    Captain Ginger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,082 ✭✭✭Captain Ginger


    CountingCrows wrote: »
    It really is a thing of beauty
    Jesus, we should have a boards beers there and destroy it.

    Horrible thing.


  • #17
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    I was actually inside the building in 2002, You can walk right across the gantry which has offices and a canteen etc. it is much bigger than you think.


  • #18
    Wagon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,119 ✭✭✭Wagon


    Bomb it. Or take it apart and rebuild it in front of the Dail Gates. Challenging in one night.


  • #19
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,542 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    This post has been deleted.


  • #20
    KTRIC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,346 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    I was actually inside the building in 2002, You can walk right across the gantry which has offices and a canteen etc. it is much bigger than you think.

    Are the rumours that it has 18 stories and a bunker underground true ??

    Some say that the Stig is the CEO and sits in a command center 2 miles under the West Link, others say its actually just a toll bridge.

    All I know is I've got to talk to my doctor about increasing my medications :D


  • #21
    faceman
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 16,691 CMod ✭✭✭✭faceman


    We could dump it in the liffey, but i think it would be more fun to dump the people who came up with the idea and the ministers involved in the liffey instead.


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