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James Joyce Bridge

• Location: HARP Area
• Architect: Santiago Calatrava
• Completed: 2004

Designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, it is a single-span structural steel design, 40 m (131 ft) long, with the deck supported from two outward angled arches. It joins Blackhall Place on the north side of the Liffey to Ussher's Island on the south side, providing much needed access in both directions for both public transport and other vehicular traffic.

Named after the Dublin author James Joyce whose story "The Dead" is set in a house facing the bridge, it was completed on the occasion of the Joyce Centennial in 2004. This is one of two Santiago Calatrava projects planned for Dublin - the other is the Samuel Beckett bridge further down the river in the docklands. It was built using pre-fabricated steel sections from Harland and Wolff of Belfast