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Revamp for Ha'penny bridge

Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2000 / June 30 2000: Revamp for Ha'penny bridge

Dublin's famous Ha'penny Bridge is to have all its railings and deck scrapped to be replaced by modern replicas because of serious public safety problems. The bridge's 'toll booth' areas are to be removed to make way for more pedestrian room for safety reasons. This has caused An Taisce has hit out at the plan as the bridge is a List 1 structure and as such is fully protected. An Taisce has said that it did not accept the removal and destruction of the original railings and their replacement with a replica.

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