Survey Data
Reg No
20905108
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1840 - 1850
Coordinates
159309, 84841
Date Recorded
07/04/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Humpback bridge, built c.1845, carrying road over the Cork to Mallow railway line. Roughly dressed limestone walls with tooled limestone stringcourse. Dressed limestone parapet walls and coping stones. Tarmac road to surface.
Appraisal
This bridge is one of a group of related structures associated with Rathduff railway station which includes a corrugated-iron goods shed located to the immediate south-east of the bridge. Its form and materials are characteristic of railway bridges of its time. The large blocks and rock faced rustication adds to the solid and imposing façades of the bridge which continues to be used as the main Cork to Dublin line passes beneath.