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Abbey Bridge

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Abbey Bridge
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Single-arch sandstone bridge, built c.1850, carrying railway over road. Cut limestone piers flanking segmental-arch, having cut limestone voussoirs and impost course. Dressed sandstone to soffit and spandrels, having dressed sandstone parapet walls over cut limestone string course.
This bridge is a fine example and important part of a group of related railway bridges in the area. Its form and materials are characteristic of railway bridges of its time, demonstrating excellent engineering and skilled masonry.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20908516

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Hywel Williams, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; P L Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Michael O'Sheil, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; me, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; Jonathan Thacker, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Michael Earnshaw, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; dougf, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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