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Rice Bridge
The Rice Bridge is the present city-centre bridge in Waterford, Ireland on the north side of the city. It was constructed in stages between 1982 and 1986, with an official opening of the first two lanes in 1984. It is named after Edmund Ignatius Rice (and occasionally also called the ''Edmund Rice Bridge'' or ''Brother Edmund Ignatius Rice Bridge''). The Rice Bridge was constructed after the previous bridge was deemed unsafe. See also * River Suir Bridge The River Suir Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge over the River Suir in Ireland. It was built as part of the N25 Waterford Bypass, and opened to traffic on 19 October 2009, some ten months ahead of schedule. The Viking settlement at Woodstown was ... External links * http://www.waterfordcity.ie/n25bypass/ricebridge.htm * http://marinas.com/view/bridge/429_Edmund_Rice_Bridge_Waterford__Ireland * http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0013448 Bridges in the Republic of Ireland Buildings and structures in W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rice Bridge, Waterford - Geograph
Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima'' (African rice). The name wild rice is usually used for species of the genera ''Zizania'' and ''Porteresia'', both wild and domesticated, although the term may also be used for primitive or uncultivated varieties of ''Oryza''. As a cereal grain, domesticated rice is the most widely consumed staple food for over half of the world's human population,Abstract, "Rice feeds more than half the world's population." especially in Asia and Africa. It is the agricultural commodity with the third-highest worldwide production, after sugarcane and maize. Since sizable portions of sugarcane and maize crops are used for purposes other than human consumption, rice is the most important food crop with regard to human nutrition and caloric intake, providing more than one-fifth of the calories consumed worldwide by humans. There are many varieties of rice and culinary preferences tend to vary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
