Leo Varadkar T.D. Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport will be in Donegal today for a number of official functions.
The Minister will open both the Killybegs Lifeboat station and also the N56 Bruckless Bridge.
It has long been recognised that the old Creamery Bridge at Bruckless posed a hazard to road users due to the very poor road alignment at the bridge.
Throughout the years the 90-degree bend at the bridge was responsible for many parapet and safety barrier impacts. In addition to the safety concerns, in more recent years the bridge had become a pinch point on this strategically important link to the Port of Killybegs and as the main route to west and North Donegal.
In 2010, the NRA Bridge Management section based in the NRDO Donegal Town developed preliminary designs options to improve the situation at the bridge.
From consultations with Killybegs shipping service it was established that large commercial vehicles carrying wind turbine rotor blades with lengths of up to 50m would frequently travel this route following their delivery to the Port of Killybegs. The overall design of the scheme would have to accommodate the movement of these large vehicles.
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