Survey Data
Reg No
32402003
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1860 - 1880
Coordinates
167322, 330386
Date Recorded
02/09/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Three-span masonry and steel rail-over-road-and-river bridge, erected c. 1870. Spanning north-south with two central piers. Painted wrought-iron girders carrying track deck, bracketted cantilevered flanking maintenance walkways, steel post and wire balustrades c.1980. Coursed rock-faced ashlar limestone walling, slightly battered piers with corbelled caps, buttressed embankment retaining walls with pedestal caps to buttresses. Remains of earlier rubble limestone road bridge to immediate east with semi-circular arched openings over river. Spans road to Strandhill.
Appraisal
The bridge piers and retaining walls exhibit good quality stonework. The use of wrought-iron girder construction, in lieu of masonry arches, marks technical advance in railway engineering.