Ha'penny Bridge

The Ha'penny Bridge is located in the middle of  Dublin's city centre, near Henry Street .

 The Halfpenny Bridge was built in the year 1816 as the Wellington Bridge . The bridge has three lamps supported by curved iron work over the walk way and there are steps and iron bars around  the bridge. The Ha'penny Bridge's function today is for people to walk over the Liffey  to get to the main shopping areas north and south of the Liffey. The  bridge has  three lamps to light up at night to show people the way across.

 It was called the Ha’penny Bridge because people had to pay a half of a penny to get across the bridge ,but if  you did not have a halfpenny,  you would  not be able to cross. This toll was abandoned well over a century ago, yet the name will always stick.

 In December the new pedestrian bridge over the Liffey will open, just in time for the Millennium. The new  Liffey Pedestrian Bridge will provide a link  between  Lower Ormond Quay  on the north bank and Wellington Quay on the south.

 John Maguire & Shane O'Connor

 Ha'penny Bridge Today

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