{"id":507427,"date":"2026-06-19T05:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T05:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/507427\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T05:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T05:52:12","slug":"steel-collar-fixed-to-worn-bridge-over-m50-in-south-dublin-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/507427\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Steel collar\u2019 fixed to worn bridge over M50 in south Dublin \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">A custom-made steel collar has been fixed to the central pier of Blackglen road bridge over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/m50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/m50\">M50<\/a> in south Co <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/dublin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/dublin\">Dublin<\/a>, after a routine inspection found the structure was showing wear. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Blackglen Bridge carries traffic over the M50 at Ballinteer near Junction 13 and links  residential and commercial areas in Sandyford and the surrounding area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The 97m-long, two\u2011span concrete bridge was constructed in 2000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/transport-infrastructure-ireland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/transport-infrastructure-ireland\">Transport Infrastructure Ireland<\/a> (TII) said \u201cduring a principle inspection of Blackglen Bridge, wear was observed in the upper portion of the central pier. Following a more detailed special inspection, it was determined that structural strengthening would be required.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Structural engineers Roughan and O\u2019Donovan and TII selected a custom-made, high\u2011strength, stainless\u2011steel collar, which TII confirmed has now been fitted to the central pillar. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">TII spokesman Sean O\u2019Neill said the cost of the work was part of the authority\u2019s overall maintenance programme and cost \u201cin the region of \u20ac400,000\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">O\u2019Neill said the work \u201cwas to maintain the 120-year lifespan of a bridge structure which has taken significant daily usage over the last few decades\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A custom-made steel collar has been fixed to the central pier of Blackglen road bridge over the M50&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507428,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[615,61,60,69197,43,29094],"class_list":["post-507427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-dublin","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-m50","tag-news","tag-transport-infrastructure-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}