- Herring Bridge, Great Yarmouth, UK
- Overseas Category
Company Details
Contact Name
Tony Dempsey
Address
Roughan & O’Donovan Consulting Engineers, Arena House, Arena Road, Sandyford Road, Dublin 18, D18 V8P6
Categories/Group
Project Category
- Overseas Category
Project Group
Overseas - Large
Project Details
Name of the project
Herring Bridge
Location
Great Yarmouth, UK
Client
Norfolk County Council
Project Description
The winning project in this category is recognised as an infrastructure project that is of significance at a national level. Spanning the river Yare, at Great Yarmouth, Herring Bridge for Norfolk Co. Co., designed by Roughan & O’Donovan Consulting Engineers uses an elegant structure to transform travel there, reducing traffic congestion, enhancing journey reliability, and fostering investment and revitalisation in both the town and the broader borough. The main structure is a double-leaf, bascule, movable bridge of span 64m with associated control towers and is of a size and scale not typical for these islands. The project has won several awards in the UK and its prominence there greatly enhances the reputation of Irish engineering excellence.