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The new River Suir bridge
The N25 Waterford Bypass in Ireland was opened yesterday, including its focal cable-stayed bridge over the River Suir.

The 475m-long bridge has a 230m-long river span and its composite deck is supported from a single 112m-high concrete A-frame pylon in a twin-fan arrangement.

It was built under a public-private partnership through Celtics Road Group, which is made up of Royal Bam Group, Bam PPP, Dragados Concesiones de Infraestructuras and National Toll Roads. The contractor was Waterford Joint Venture, comprising Bam Civil and Dragados. The consulting engineer was Mott MacDonald Ireland and the contractor's detailed design was by Arup, Carlos Fernadez Casado, WYG, Eptisa and Indra.