Anna Livia Bridge (Dublin)

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The Anna Livia Bridge (Irish: Droichead Abhainn na Life, meaning "The River Liffey Bridge"), formerly Chapelizod Bridge (Irish: Droichead Shéipéal Iosóid, meaning "Isolde's Chapel Bridge"), is a road bridge spanning the River Liffey in Chapelizod, Dublin, Ireland and joining the Lucan Road to Chapelizod Road. This bridge was built in the 1660s.

The bridge was renamed in 1982 to mark the centenary of James Joyce's birth.[4] (The bridge is mentioned in Joyce's Dubliners, as one of his "Dubliners", James Duffy, lives in Chapelizod and visits a public house near the bridge. Anna Livia is the name given to the personification of the River Liffey, and was a principal character in Joyce's Finnegans Wake - her final monologue recalls her life as she walks along the Liffey).
At the beginning of August 2010, work began on the creation of bridges sections on the outer parapet of the bridge (to increase pedestrian safety) and bike lanes on the bridge. The official opening was held on 5 December 2011.