Bridge in Gransha More, County Monaghan (41401253)

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Single-span skew railway bridge, built c.1860, carrying Portadown and Cavan Branch of Ulster Railway over road. Superstructure of span removed. Rock-faced rusticated stone abutments with rusticated margined quoins and tapered buttresses. Roughly-coursed squared stone parapet walls flanking carriageway, having dressed…

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Although its deck has been removed, this former railway bridge remains an attractive focal point on the landscape, enlivened by dressed stone coping to parapet walls, render string course, tapered buttresses and rusticated stone. The Portadown and Cavan Branch of the Ulster Railway, later the Great Northern Railway, provided a transport link in this area which was indicative of both the commercial productivity and increased communication needs and inter-dependency throughout the country at the time. An integral component part of this network, this bridge is an important reminder of the industrial heritage of the area.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 41401253

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