The latest bridge to span Dublin's River Liffey should be completed in less than 18 months, with the €47 million project opening up the Spencer Dock area and the docklands in general, according to Dublin City Council. The Samuel Beckett Bridge will span the river between Guild Street at the northern quays and connect with Sir John Rogerson's Quay about 70 meters west of Cardiff Lane. It will provide four traffic lanes, cycle tracks and footpaths, providing yet another valuable crossing point to ease traffic flow between north and south Dublin. The city fathers have decided to celebrate another of Dublin's great writers in their choice of bridge name, the Nobel Prizewinning playwright Samuel Beckett, author of the iconic Waiting for Godot. They have also returned to the internationally acclaimed designer Santiago Calatrava, the Spaniard who designed the James Joyce Bridge that links Usher's Island and Blackhall Place.
