The Minister for Transport will officially open a long-awaited bridge in East Clare in the coming week.

Minister Darragh O'Brien is set to unveil the Brian Boru Bridge connecting Killaloe and Ballina next Thursday at 3pm.

The major infrastructural project crosses the River Shannon one kilometre south of the existing Killaloe Bridge and will connect the Killaloe Bypass with the R494.

Killaloe Fianna Fáil Councillor Tony O'Brien says it's a gamechanger.