Blackboy Bridge, County Limerick

What is recorded here

Blackboy Bridge in Bilboa sends the road up over a hump while the river slips through three arches underneath. The water gets three entrances and a level journey; everyone else has to climb its back. Fair enough, the river was here first.

Triple-arch humpback road bridge over the River Bilboa, built c. 1820. Segmental arches with cut voussoirs, dressed stone to spandrel walls. Cut limestone U-cutwaters to upstream and downstream elevations. Dressed stone parapet walls with dressed copings.

This bridge displays the work of skilled craftsmen in the execution of its stone work, especially visible in the cut voussoirs and cutwaters making it visually appealing. Retaining its original form, it highlights the achievements of early nineteenth-century engineering. It makes a positive contribution to the surrounding landscape.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 21901520

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