Mary McAleese Boyne Valley Bridge
The Mary McAleese Boyne Valley Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge in County Meath, and County Louth, Ireland. It spans the Boyne River 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of Drogheda on the county boundary between County Meath and County Louth and is part of the M1 Northern Motorway. When it opened in June 2003, it was the longest cable-stayed bridge in Ireland until 19 October 2009, when the River Suir Bridge opened on the N25.
M1 traffic crossing the bridge
The River Boyne is a river in Leinster, Ireland, the course of which is about 112 kilometres (70 mi) long. It rises at Trinity Well, Newberry Hall, near Carbury, County Kildare, and flows towards the Northeast through County Meath to reach the Irish Sea between Mornington, County Meath, and Baltray, County Louth.
River Boyne at Brú na Bóinne.
The River Boyne and Boyne Valley as seen from the Knowth passage tomb of Brú na Bóinne.
Section of the Boyne canal which runs parallel to the main river around the Battle of the Boyne site west of Drogheda.
Aerial view of the River Boyne estuary and Drogheda.