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Craigavon Bridge is one of three bridges to be built in the area. The first bridge over the River Foyle was a wooden one, assembled in the United States and transported to Derry . It was built from 1789–1791, and sited between Bridge Street and Fountain Hill, about 90 metres north of the present bridge. [ 3 ]
It was created as part of the 2014 Northern Ireland local government reform, replacing Derry City Council and Strabane District Council. The first elections to the authority were on 22 May 2014 and it acted as a shadow authority to its two predecessors until the new district formally came into being on 1 April 2015.
Derry City Council (Irish: Comhairle Cathrach Dhoire; Ulster-Scots: Derry Cittie Cooncil) [1] was the local government authority for the city of Derry [a] in Northern Ireland. It merged with Strabane District Council in April 2015 under local government reorganisation to become Derry and Strabane District Council .
Derry City and Strabane 3,530 1,969.60 1.79 Ballymagroarty: Foyleside Derry City and Strabane 3,984 760.89 5.24 Brandywell: The Moor Derry City and Strabane 3,185 4,952.83 0.64 Carn Hill: Ballyarnett Derry City and Strabane 2,851 2,722.33 1.05 Castlederg: Derg Derry City and Strabane 3,443 154.21 22.33 Caw: Waterside Derry City and Strabane ...
The council changed the name of the local government district covering the city to Derry on 7 May 1984, consequently renaming itself Derry City Council. [40] This did not change the name of the city, although the city is coterminous with the district, and in law the city council is also the Corporation of Londonderry or, more formally, the ...
Craigavon: Keady Urban District 1 - Keady Urban Armagh: Lurgan Rural District: 10 - Breagh, Brownlows Derry, Carrowbrack, Cornakinnegar, Drumcree, Kernan, Lurgan Rural, Montiaghs, Portadown Rural, Tartaraghan Abolished in 1967§ Lurgan Urban District 1 - Lurgan Urban Reconstituted as a borough in 1949 Craigavon: Newry No. 2 Rural District
Derry City and Strabane District Council replaced Derry City Council and Strabane District Council.The first election for the new district was originally due to take place in May 2009, but in April 2008, Northern Ireland Secretary Shaun Woodward announced that the scheduled 2009 district council elections were to be postponed until 2011. [14]
The A40 commences in the city centre of Derry on the west bank of the River Foyle and is connected with A2 at the Foyleside Roundabout. [2] The A2 continues at a higher elevation along John Street running parallel to the A40 along Foyle Road and travelling under the Craigavon Bridge, whilst the A2 spans the bridge over the Foyle on the higher level to the east bank to the Waterside and Derry ...