The Ha'penny Bridge, officially the Liffey Bridge, is a pedestrian bridge built in May 1816 over the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland. Made of cast iron, the bridge was cast in Shropshire, England. In 2001, the famous bridge was in need of significant restoration.
CREST was consulted on the coating operations involved. Harland & Wolff Shipbuilders in Belfast was commissioned to construct new bridge decks.
The CREST team provided consultation and supervision of all painting operations. The polyurethane paint system was supplied by General Paints of Celbridge, an indigenous Irish paint manufacturer.
A laboratory evaluation programme confirmed the high-performance capability of the system and identified incompatibilities between some of the additional materials being specified for which suitable alternatives were found.
The CREST team were involved in supervising
- The construction and painting of the new bridge decks in Harland & Wolff Shipbuilders in Belfast
- The refurbishment of the railings on-site at Gabriel Hughes Paint Contractors in Co Tyrone
- The refurbishment of the bridge trusses which remained on-site in Dublin.
The project was awarded a European Restoration Bronze Medal (Nostrada) in September 2003.
