A ferry service across the Liffey linking the north and south docks is to end with the building of a new toll bridge.
The six million pound toll bridge will cross the Liffey from the southside at Ringsend to the northside at East Wall Road.
A new road is being built at Ringsend as part of the project and will link the bridge with the south link road at Irishtown and Ringsend.
Estimated toll charges for the new bridge are 25 pence per car and for truck between 40 pence and £1.20 according to weight.
The bridge which will include a free pedestrian passageway is due to be finished by October 1984. Upon completion, Ringsend Bridge Company say the journey from Sandymount to Clontarf should take just ten minutes.
The opening of the new bridge will mean the end of the Liffey Ferries, Dublin's oldest transport service. Dating back over 300 years the ferries were brought into service by a charter of King Charles II in 1665. Now run at a financial loss, the ferry service is to be scrapped. The service from Cardiff Dock to Spencer Lane is to be closed with almost immediate effect. The service from North Wall to Ringsend will remain in place until the new toll bridge is open.
There is still an opportunity for all to experience one of the city's cheapest transport systems. It is still only ten pence.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 26 June 1983. The reporter is Reg Cullen.
