River Suir Bridge, Cable-stayed bridge over the River Suir in County Waterford and County Kilkenny, Ireland
River Suir Bridge is a cable-stayed road bridge over the River Suir near Waterford, carrying the N25 bypass. Its single A-shaped concrete pylon rises 112 metres on the south bank, with stay cables fanning out in two planes to support a 230-metre main span. The bridge is 465 metres long and 30.6 metres wide, with spans of 40, 70, 90, 230 and 35 metres.
Built as part of the N25 Waterford bypass, the River Suir Bridge opened to traffic on 19 October 2009, about ten months ahead of schedule. During construction, the Viking settlement at Woodstown was discovered and the southern approach roads were rerouted to preserve the site. It was the first time Waterford city was served by two bridges.
The bridge is known in Irish as Droichead na Siúire, simply "Bridge of the Suir". It was the first crossing to give Waterford two bridges at once, joining the city-centre Rice Bridge (1982–present), successor to the Redmond Bridge and the 1793 "Timbertoes" bridge.
The bridge is part of the N25 Waterford bypass, carrying two lanes in each direction. It stands east of the city centre, downstream of the Rice Bridge, and the tower rises on the south bank. Drivers cross it in under a minute; there is no footway for pedestrians.
The 230-metre main span was the longest of any bridge in the Republic of Ireland until the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Bridge opened, taking the record from the Boyne River Bridge on the M1. The Foyle Bridge in Northern Ireland is four metres longer.
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