Survey Data
Reg No
30408705
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1850 - 1855
Coordinates
183249, 231599
Date Recorded
26/08/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Single-span railway bridge, built 1851, carrying road over Dublin to Galway railway line. Cast-iron and steel central span supported on rock-faced rusticated limestone abutments with rounded ends and having cut-stone string course and carved stone copings to parapets. Cut limestone approach walls and causeway.
Appraisal
This typically robust mid-nineteenth-century railway bridge is of considerable technical and civil engineering merit. It is built using the heavily rusticated rock-faced masonry finish that is a typical feature of railway bridges constructed during the mid-nineteenth century, giving an impression of strength and solidity and is a good example of the combined use of limestone and cast-metal.