Lagan Lookout Visitors Centre

Great place to take in the sights of the lagan River looking out towards the docks and it's not busy at all
Jan 23rd, 2023

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May 11th, 2022

With 16,000 people using the bridge each week, the Lagan Weir Footbridge is a pivotal part of a more sustainable approach to travelling around Belfast. Interestingly, on its first day, more than 160,000 people crossed it more people than those who collectively visit Disney parks in a day in the US, Japan or Paris. The new bridge is a sleek, shiny high-tech design with an 8m wide walkway and stainless steel railings, and it features a multi-coloured illumination system. The bridge is supported on the existing weir buttresses using an innovative strut design that allows it to float above the river a few metres away from the Weir. The vertical profile is a continuous curved profile with ramps at a gradient of 1:20 while the horizontal alignment is also curved with a degree of a-symmetry. The new footbridge consists of structural steel, enveloped in aluminium cladding with a glass parapet on the east elevation and a stainless steel post and wire system on the west parapet. This high quality bridge project was completed in just six months to meet a deadline for the 2015 Tall Ships event.
Sep 11th, 2022