Survey Data
Reg No
30411309
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1865 - 1870
Coordinates
145047, 209689
Date Recorded
19/08/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Single-arch limestone railway bridge, built 1869, carrying road over Ennis Junction to Athenry railway line. Elliptical arch. Rock-faced rusticated walls, voussoirs, piers and abutments, having recent render coping added to recently rebuilt parapet walls. Abutment walls to both elevations. Ashlar soffit.
Appraisal
This railway bridge, recently restored in anticipation of the reopening of the railway line, is solidly constructed. The rusticated limestone is well dressed and the voussoirs are clearly the work of skilled stonecutters and masons. This is typical of the level of craftsmanship and engineering skill during the expansion of the railways throughout Ireland in the late nineteenth century.