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Grattan
Bridge
(Irish:
Droichead
Grattan)
is
a
road
bridge
spanning
the
River
Liffey
in
Dublin,
Ireland,
and
joining
Capel
Street
to
Parliament
Street
and
the
south
quays.
The
first
bridge
on
this
site
was
built
by
Sir
Humphrey
Jervis
in
1676.
It
was
named
as
Essex
Bridge
to
honour
Arthur
Capell,
1st
Earl
of
Essex,
Lord
Lieutenant
of
Ireland.
It
joined
several
of
Jervis'
developments
(including
Capel
Street
and
Jervis
Street)
to
the
opposite
side
of
the
river
and
to
Dublin
Castle.
Essex
Bridge
was
an
arched
stone
structure
with
7
piers,
and
apparently
partly
constructed
from
the
ruined
masonry
of
nearby
St.
Mary’s
Abbey
on
the
northside.
In
1687
the
bridge
was
damaged
by
a
flood
resulting
in
the
loss
of
a
hackney
and
two
horses.
The
damage
to
the
bridge
was
only
partially
repaired.
In
1751
the
second
most
northerly
pier
collapsed
and
damaged
the
adjacent
arches.
Between
1753
and
1755
the
bridge
was
rebuilt
by
George
Semple,
to
correct
flood
and
other
structural
damage
and
as
one
of
the
first
initiatives
of
the
Wide
Streets
Commission.
During
this
construction,
some
original
features
were
removed,
including
the
Equestrian
Statue
Of
George
I,
by
John
van
Nost
the
Elder,
which
was
moved
in
1798
to
the
gardens
of
the
Mansion
House.
In
1937
it
was
bought
by
the
Barber
Institute
for
Fine
Arts
in
Birmingham,
in
front
of
which
it
now
stands.
For
much
of
the
18th
century,
Essex
Bridge
was
the
most
westerly
bridge
on
the
Liffey.
From
1872,
the
bridge
was
further
remodelled
(on
Westminster
Bridge
in
London),
being
widened
and
flattened
with
cast
iron
supports
extended
out
from
the
stonework
so
as
to
carry
pavements
on
either
side
of
the
roadway.
The
bridge
was
(and
is
still)
lit
by
ornate
lamp
standards
also
in
cast
iron.
The
bridge
was
reopened
as
Grattan
Bridge
in
1874,
being
named
after
Henry
Grattan
MP
(1746-1820).
From
2002,
Dublin
City
Council
undertook
a
reconstruction
of
the
bridge
deck,[8]
with
granite
paving
for
the
footpaths
and
a
set
of
benches
with
wooden
seats
and
toughened
glass
backs.
As
part
of
what
was
intended
to
be
a
"European-style
book
market",
in
2004
several
temporary
kiosks
(prefabricated
in
Spain)
were
also
controversially
built
on
the
bridge.
Originally
intended
to
create
"a
contemporary
version
of
an
inhabited
bridge,
such
as
the
Ponte
Vecchio
in
Florence",
these
kiosks
were
later
removed.
As
is
tradition
among
Dubliners,
the
name
used
locally
for
the
bridge
will
vary
from
Capel
Street
Bridge,
to
Grattan
Bridge
and
the
original
Essex
Bridge.
