Survey Data
Reg No
32312001
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1830 - 1840
Coordinates
160781, 325308
Date Recorded
11/10/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Single-arch stone road-over-river bridge, built c. 1833. Coursed squared rubble limestone walling, inverted shallow V-shape to parapets, plain ashlar parapet string course, plain square ashlar parapet copings. Elliptical-headed arch, dressed limestone ashlar voussoirs, smooth-rendered soffit. Bitmac two carriageway road over. Grass banks sloping to river. Bridge spans Owenbeg River.
Appraisal
This elegant bridge is finely engineered and exhibits good quality stone masonry. It is of historic and social significance as a reminder of the road network which developed in Ireland during the mid-nineteenth century.