WHEN & WHERE WAS THE PEACE BRIDGE

BUILT?

The Peace Bridge was opened on the 25

June 2011 in Londonderry in Northern

Ireland over the ‘River Foyle’.

WHY WAS THE PEACE BRIDGE

BUILT?

The Peace Bridge was built because on

one side of the ‘River Foyle’ are

Catholic and the other side are

Protestant. The bridge was meant to

bring ‘East Derry’, ‘West

Derry’, ‘South Derry’ and the ‘City

Centre’ together.

WHAT ARE SOME ARCHITECTURAL

FEATURES ABOUT THE PEACE BRIDGE?

• It is a Self-anchored suspension

bridge.

• Total length 235 m (771 ft)

• Width 4 m (13 ft)

• Longest span 101 m (331 ft)

• The Peace Bridge is designed to

withstand impact from vessels up to

approximately 30 tonnes moving at up

to 5 knots

HOW LONG DID THE PEACE

BRIDGE TAKE TO BUILD?

They started construction of the Peace Bridge

in April 2009 to the 25 June 2011. It took

them 2 years and 2 months to build the

Peace Bridge.

WHAT ARE SOME INTERESTING STORIES OR

‘FUN FACTS’ ABOUT THE PEACE BRIDGE

• My Grandad’s company helped fund the project.

• The Peace Bridge has a 150mm gap at each end to allow for expansion of the steel in hot weather.

• A 80m section of under deck lights on the Peace Bridge, from the star fort walls to the railway line, can be switched off to accommodate foraging bats (during May to September).

• There is another bridge that shares the same name as this bridge. The other bridge is called the Peace Bridge and it was made for people with work on the other side of the ‘Bow River’ in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biV-mryFTWU (This is a timelapse of the bridge being built).

MATHEMATICSThe area of the Peace Bridge is 1020 m2 and

the area Peace Bridge in Canada is 809.72

m2. The difference between the two bridges

is 210.28 m2. The perimeter of the Peace

Bridge in Londonderry is 478 m2 and the

perimeter of the Peace Bridge in Canada is

273.6 m2. The difference between the two

bridges is 204.4 m2.

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