NEW CITY BRIDGE FOR CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS
Date Published: 10-Jul-2012
Mayor of Galway Terry O' Flaherty has officially launched a new bridge linking the NUI Galway campus and the fisheries field.
The O'Shaughnessy bridge crosses the Eglington Canal and was designed to encourage sustainable travel in the city.
The suspension bridge for pedestrian and cyclists use is approximately 50 meters and is part of the Smarter Tarvel project.
The 1 million euro project was funded by the National Sustainable Travel Office in the Department of Transport, Galway University Foundation and NUI Galway.
The bridge was named after Michael O Shaughnessy, an engineering graduate o fthe college in 1884.