Survey Data
Reg No
30405801
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
Date
1850 - 1870
Coordinates
146200, 244967
Date Recorded
30/12/1899
Date Updated
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Description
Single arch road bridge, built c.1860, over now disused railway line. Symmetrical plan about north-south axis. Segmental arch with cut limestone voussoirs to arch ring. Squared and snecked limestone to spandrel panels. Squared and snecked rubble limestone parapet with squared and snecked rubble limestone flanking walls ending in square piers with chamfered pier caps to east and west. Set in rural location with post and wire fences to adjoining fields.
Appraisal
This handsome stone bridge is a fine example of mid-nineteenth-century railway engineering and part of the industrial heritage of the area. Built by the Great Southern and Western Railway Company to carry the Athenry to Claremorris line which closed in 1972, it is constructed of well detailed stone, is relatively unaltered and has an attractive symmetry.