Weir in the money - €2.5m for bridge facelift
Thu, Sep 03, 2026
The Roads Department of Galway City Council is understood to be close to selecting a contractor to begin a four-year project to rejuvenate the 208-year-old Salmon Weir Bridge, with works to begin in the coming months.
Originally designed by lauded, nineteenth century Irish architect William Vitruvius Morrison to link the court house with the county gaol – today the site of Galway Cathedral – the majestic span has faced criticism for many years for looking tatty and worn, with broken kerbing, damaged Victorian street lights, and a heavily chipped balustrade.
Heavy goods vehicles and buses struggle to exit the east landing of the bridge, while a new pedestrian crossing was built on the Cathedral-side last year.
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