Survey Data
Reg No
30408703
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1850 - 1855
Coordinates
178218, 231327
Date Recorded
26/08/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Single-arch limestone railway bridge, built 1851, carrying minor road over the Galway to Dublin railway line. Rock-faced rusticated cut limestone abutments, dressed stone parapet walls.
Appraisal
The use of rock-faced limestone accentuates its imposing form and its construction is typical of mid-to late nineteenth-century railway engineering/architecture in Ireland. It was originally built by the Midland and Great Western Railway Company. A reminder of the engineering achievements of the great railway era.