
What is recorded here
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.
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.
This does not grant access. Most recorded buildings are privately owned; view them only from public ground unless the owner allows entry.
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