Survey Data
Reg No
30937003
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1840 - 1850
Coordinates
205409, 287014
Date Recorded
03/07/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Five-arch road bridge, built in 1845 spanning the River Shannon at Roosky. Random coursed cut limestone piers with up and downstream U-cutwaters and ashlar voussoirs to segmental arch-rings and ashlar parapets. Automatic lift bridge, c.1970 at east end, replaced swing bridge. Moorings to south of bridge on each riverbank. Date plaque to parapet of bridge attributes its construction to the Commissioners for the improvement of the navigation on the River Shannon.
Appraisal
Roosky Bridge is a major crossing point on the River Shannon. The bridge and in particular the swing bridge, replaced now by an automatic lift bridge, are a reminder of nineteenth-century engineering feats. The bridge has and continues to play an important role in the economic and social life of Roosky. There are mooring points downriver from the bridge.