Mizen Head Footbridge Structural assessment of a historic ageing concrete through-arch structure Staged construction analysis of a new replacement bridge constructed during the sequential demolition of existing structure Winner of Engineers Ireland Excellence Awards for Engineering Project of the Year 2011 The new Mizen Head Footbridge is a reinforced concrete through-arch structure that spans 50m across a sea gorge to connect the island of Cloghán, at the tip of Mizen Head, with the mainland in South-west Cork, Republic of Ireland. RPS Consulting Engineers Ltd. used LUSAS Bridge analysis software to structurally assess an ageing a bridge that stood at the same location and to assist with the design and assessment of the e?ects of constructing a visually identical new replacement structure

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