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Single arch road bridge, built c.1860, over now disused railway line. Symmetrical plan about north-south axis. Segmental arch with cut limestone voussoirs to arch ring. Squared and snecked limestone to spandrel panels. Squared and snecked rubble limestone parapet with squared and snecked rubble limestone flanking walls ending in square piers with chamfered pier caps to east and west. Set in rural location with post and wire fences to adjoining fields.
This handsome stone bridge is a fine example of mid-nineteenth-century railway engineering and part of the industrial heritage of the area. Built by the Great Southern and Western Railway Company to carry the Athenry to Claremorris line which closed in 1972, it is constructed of well detailed stone, is relatively unaltered and has an attractive symmetry.

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Photo: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Website use allowed for educational or private purposes with source credit