Survey Data
Reg No
30408505
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1850 - 1855
Coordinates
161107, 230494
Date Recorded
18/08/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Single-arch limestone railway bridge, built 1851, carrying road over Dublin to Galway railway line. Rock-faced rusticated walls, parapet walls and piers, and cut-stone string courses. Segmental arch with ashlar soffit, cut limestone impost course and rock-faced rusticated voussoirs.
Appraisal
This railway bridge exhibits high quality construction and detailing, with the rustication giving an expression of strength. It is enhanced, further, by its proximity to the railway station and its high visibility. Built by the Midland Great Western Railway Company, it is a typical example of mid-nineteenth-century railway engineering.