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{{Short description|Footbridge over the River Liffey in Ireland}} {{About|the bridge in Dublin|other Halfpenny bridges|Halfpenny Bridge (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox bridge | bridge_name = Ha'penny Bridge | native_name = ''Droichead na Life''<ref name="logainm">{{cite web|url= http://www.logainm.ie/en/1167145 |title= Droichead na Life / Ha'penny Bridge | publisher= Placenames Commission of Ireland |website= Logainm.ie | access-date= 20 May 2016}}</ref> | native_name_lang = Irish | image = HalfPennyBridge.jpg | image_size = 240 | alt = Dublin's Ha'penny Bridge | caption = Ha'penny Bridge in Dublin | other_name = Liffey Bridge (official), Wellington Bridge (historical) | crosses = [[River Liffey]] | carries = Pedestrians<ref name=structurae /> | locale = [[Dublin]], Ireland | design = [[Arch bridge]]<ref name=structurae /> | upstream = [[Millennium Bridge (Dublin)|Millennium Bridge]] | downstream = [[O'Connell Bridge]] | designer = John Windsor | material = [[Cast iron]] (arch), [[wood]] (deck)<ref name=structurae /> [[Cement]] (deck) (2015) | length = {{convert|43|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="PhillipsHamilton"/> with a {{convert|3.35|m|abbr=on}} rise<ref name=structurae /> | width = {{convert|3.66|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="PhillipsHamilton"/> | spans = 1 | begin = | open = May 1816 | coordinates = {{coord|53.3461|-6.263|display=inline,title}} }} The '''Ha'penny Bridge''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|eɪ|p|n|i}} {{Respell|HAYP|nee}}; {{Irish place name|Droichead na Leathphingine|no_translate=yes}}, or ''Droichead na Life''), known later for a time as the ''Penny Ha'penny Bridge'', and officially the '''Liffey Bridge''', is a [[pedestrian bridge]] built in May 1816 over the [[River Liffey]] in [[Dublin]], Ireland.<ref name="structurae">{{Structurae|id=20000452|title=Ha'penny Bridge}}</ref><ref name="anniv">{{cite news|url= http://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/dublin-s-ha-penny-bridge-reaches-its-200th-birthday-1.2652569 | work = The Irish Times | access-date= 20 May 2016 | date= 19 May 2016 | title= Dublin’s Ha’penny Bridge reaches its 200th birthday }}</ref> Made of [[cast iron]], the bridge was cast in [[Shropshire]], England.<ref name="IA">{{cite web|url= http://archiseek.com/2010/1816-hapenny-bridge-dublin/ |title= Archiseek page on the Ha'penny Bridge | publisher= Archiseek | access-date= 20 May 2016}}</ref>
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