The Rice Bridge is the present city-centre bridge in
Waterford
"Waterford remains the untaken city"
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, 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
Edmund Ignatius Rice ( ga, Éamonn Iognáid Rís; 1 June 1762 – 29 August 1844) was a Catholic missionary and educationalist. He was the founder of two religious institutes of religious brothers: the Congregation of Christian Brothers and t ...
(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
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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 Waterford (city)
Transport in Waterford (city)
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