East-Link (Dublin) East-Link (Dublin) The Tom Clarke Bridge (), formerly and commonly known as the East-Link Toll Bridge, is a toll bridge in Dublin, Ireland, on the River Liffey, owned and operated by Dublin City Council. The bascule-type lifting bridge, which links North Wall to Ringsend, is the last bridge on the Liffey, which opens out into Dublin Port and then Dublin Bay just beyond. The bridge forms part of the R131 regional road. The bridge is the most easterly crossing on the Liffey, and replaced a number of ferries that carried cross-rover traffic at the point as early as 1655. The
Belfast–Dublin line Belfast–Dublin line The Belfast–Dublin line is a main and busiest railway route on the island of Ireland that connects Dublin Connolly station in the Republic of Ireland and station in Northern Ireland. The railway line was built by three separate companies. In 1837 the Ulster Railway began building a railway line between Belfast and Lisburn, which was extended in stages to Portadown in 1842 and as far as Clones by 1863. The Dublin and Drogheda Railway (D&D) built the line between Dublin and Drogheda. The Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway (D&B Jct) linked the Dublin and Drogheda with the Ulster