Vernon Mount Bridge: Cork City’s newest pedestrian bridge officially opens

Vernon Mount Bridge spans the South Link Road to link Grange and Frankfield to Tramore Valley Park, and onwards to Douglas and the city centre

Jamie Murphy Curtin, aged 4, was fascinated watching the construction of the new bridge and wrote to the Lord Mayor of Cork during the naming consultation process to suggest the name "Jamie's Bridge". He was a special guest of the Lord Mayor at the opening of Vernon Mount Bridge. Picture: Clare Keogh

The opening of Cork’s newest pedestrian and cycle path over the city’s busy N40 is tangible proof of the Green Party’s commitment to spend €1m a day on active travel projects, the party’s leader said on Friday.

Eamon Ryan was speaking as he joined the Lord Mayor of Cork Cllr Kieran McCarthy to officially open the Vernon Mount Bridge which spans the South Link Road to link Grange and Frankfield to Tramore Valley Park, and onwards to Douglas and the city centre.