O'Donovan Rossa Bridge

O'Donovan Rossa Bridge (Irish: Droichead Uí Dhonnabháin Rosa)[2] is a road bridge spanning the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland, which joins Winetavern Street to Chancery Place (at the Four Courts) and the north quays.

[5] In 1813 construction started on a replacement bridge – the current structure – a little further west to the designs of James Savage and was opened in 1816.

[6] It consists of three elliptical arch spans in granite, with sculptured heads, similar to those on O'Connell Bridge, on the keystones.

The heads represent Plenty, the Liffey, and Industry on one side, with Commerce, Hibernia and Peace on the other.

Opened as Richmond Bridge (named for Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland), it was renamed in 1923 for Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa by the fledgling Free State.

The O'Donovan Rossa Bridge with traffic flowing, with the Dublin City Council building in the background
Cars on the bridge