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Traffic flow on the Quays, when was this swapped?

RahenyD5 · 2014-04-20 17:38:57

From looking at old photos of O'Connell bridge, I was surprised to see the westbound traffic used to flow on the northern quays with the eastbound on southern quays so when was this swapped around and why did this happen? Thanks for any answer

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20-04-2014 6:38pm

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RahenyD5

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From looking at old photos of O'Connell bridge, I was surprised to see the westbound traffic used to flow on the northern quays with the eastbound on southern quays so when was this swapped around and why did this happen?

Thanks for any answer

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#2 20-04-2014 6:45pm
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August 1982 according to this -

http://garaiste.yuku.com/topic/6818/Quay-Reversals-of-1982#.U1QHnFVdVxI

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#3 20-04-2014 7:55pm
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Thanks for the link, that helps. So the traffic direction was reversed because of a new bridge being built near Heuston station and the Talbot bridge was struggling with two-way traffic.

Also interesting that Dublin did not have many one-way streets before 1970 which it has quite a lot of these today!

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#4 20-04-2014 8:54pm
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Some info more on this previous thread. http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=83138690

Including: The quays used to be 2-way until some time in the 60s.

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