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Bridge in Loughrea

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Bridge in Loughrea
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What is recorded here

Three-arch road bridge over Loughrea River, built c.1760, southern side of bridge joins to culvert with buildings over. Round arches with tooled limestone voussoirs. Coursed rubble limestone wall at north, and coursed rubble limestone parapet walls with some render repairs. Dressed curved limestone copings, stepped at ends. Coursed limestone walls to river, with six tooled limestone steps to north-east of bridge.
This road bridge is a testament to the quality and endurance of eighteenth-century engineering and craftsmanship. The site forms part of the extensive network of water related infrastructure of the town of Loughrea, with canalised river, culverts, millrace and sluices.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 30337017

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  • Eurovision2013, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Vanessa Kennedy, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • DeeEmm, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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