Nine days after the opening of the iconic Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Bridge, BAM took the decision to close it during Storm Ciara. An orange weather alert was in place until noon that day but the bridge reopened to traffic at 8.30am. The 887m bridge, which is 36m, has been captured thousands of times in photographs and has lit up social media. It forms a crucial part of the 14km N25 New Ross bypass, connecting south Kilkenny at Glenmore with south Wexford at Stokestown. The cables have been laid in a maze of channels through the bridge structure by engineers from all over the world.

Source: Irish Examiner February 12, 2020 13:41 UTC