Bridge in Attimonmore South, County Galway

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What is recorded here

Bridge in Attimonmore South has a broad, low arch under a great scowl of rough limestone, facing the railway station. Every train gets the full mother-at-the-window reception: ‘And what time do you call this?’

Single-arch limestone railway bridge, built 1851, carrying road over Dublin to Galway railway line. Rock-faced rusticated walls, parapet walls and piers, and cut-stone string courses. Elliptical arch with ashlar soffit, cut limestone impost course and rock-faced rusticated voussoirs.

This railway bridge exhibits high quality construction and detailing, with the rustication giving an expression of strength. Visible from the Attymon Railway Station, it makes a pleasing group with the station buildings, and adds interest to the railway line. Built by the Midland Great Western Railway Company, it is a good example of mid-nineteenth-century railway engineering.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 30408503