Survey Data
Reg No
13900410
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1870 - 1890
Coordinates
306642, 313130
Date Recorded
02/08/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Single-arch stone road-over-railway bridge, built c. 1880. Squared-and-snecked limestone walling to spandrels and parapet, ashlar string course and ashlar coping to parapet. Segmental-headed arch, rock-faced voussoirs, flanking engaged rock-faced pilasters. Bitmac surface to road.
Appraisal
This masculine bridge, spanning the former Great Northern Railway line, now the main Dublin-Belfast line, stands as testament to the architects, engineers and stone masons who built the Great Northern Railway. Built in traditional construction methods it is typical in style to late-Victorian industrial building and the varied stone treatments show the skills of the stone masons involved.