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Bridge in Kildare, County Kildare (11817087)

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Bridge in Kildare
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Single-span cast-iron railway bridge over road, c.1845, with rusticated stone abutment walls. Renovated, c.1970. Coursed rusticated cut-stone abutment walls. Cut-stone coping. Single flat-span with cast-iron beams having rivets. Additional reinforced concrete beam, c.1970. Replacement iron railings, c.1970. Sited…

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Single-span cast-iron railway bridge over road, c.1845, with rusticated stone abutment walls. Renovated, c.1970. Coursed rusticated cut-stone abutment walls. Cut-stone coping. Single flat-span with cast-iron beams having rivets. Additional reinforced concrete beam, c.1970. Replacement iron railings, c.1970. Sited spanning road.
This bridge is a fine stone cut-stone and cast-iron structure that forms an attractive feature on the road leading out of Kildare town to the north. The construction of the span with cast-iron beams is of technical and engineering merit. The bridge exhibits good quality stone masonry to the abutment walls, having fine, crisp joints. The bridge is of considerable historical and social significance as a reminder of the Great Southern and Western Railway network development in the mid nineteenth century.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 11817087

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