That is quite interesting GNR. As far as I'm aware buses were under strict guidelines as to how they should operate "in service". but I wonder when out of service did the same restrictions apply. Hypothetically, if a bus operator was based on the northside but operated routes on the southside then Butt Bridge was the natural way of getting to Burgh Quay. Butt Bridge was also owned by the Docklands authority and was used for example by cattle merchants etc.. as access to the ports. I know for a fact this Butt Bridge was removed end of 1930, new one summer of 1932, so at this stage strict regulations were in place with regards to bus operation. Some bus ammendments occured due to the removal of Butt Bridge but since no route operated across Butt Bridge nothing was mentioned in the new traffic regulations published at the time.

Now here's a little bit of trivia that was unknowns to me till recently. When Butt Bridge was removed O'Connell Bridge was two-way on both sides of the central reservation. I will post more detail about this later when I finally get more togther on bus city centre operations over the decades, but O'Connell Bridge had southbound and northbound traffic on both sides of the Bridge. O'Connell Street however was exactly as is now, traffic one way on each side of central reservation.

Edited 1 time by cberry20b 01/07/2009 10:30:01.