1835 – Sarsfield Bridge, Limerick
Architect: Alexander Nimmo
When completed in 1835 after 11 years of construction, it was named Wellesley Bridge. The Limerick Bridge Commissioners were incorporated for the purpose of erecting the bridge and a floating dock under the Act of 1823 entitled ‘An Act for the erection of a bridge across the River Shannon and of a floating dock to accommodate sharp vessels frequenting the port of Limerick’.