Survey Data
Reg No
31821003
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1800 - 1840
Coordinates
181645, 246323
Date Recorded
01/09/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Thirteen-arch road bridge, built c.1820, with random coursed stone walls. Cut limestone voussoirs to segmental arch-rings and V-cutwaters up and down stream. Cast-iron tie-bars. Ballyforan Bridge crosses the River Suck, the boarder between Counties Roscommon and Galway.
Appraisal
Ballyforan Bridge is a robust and handsome masonry viaduct, which is a reminder of the engineering achievements of the local craftsmen in the nineteenth century. It is a substantial road bridge and forms an important crossing for this boarder village, giving access to Galway from Roscommon.