River Liffey
One of the first projects was to widen "Essex Bridge" (now Grattan Bridge), in 1755 to cope with the traffic congestion caused by human, horse-drawn, and bovine traffic crossing the River Liffey from Capel Street. The building of Parliament Street and the "Royal Exchange" (now Dublin City Hall), to create a vista from across the river Liffey on Capel Street, soon followed.