What is recorded here
Bridge in Ardderrynagleragh has had iron braces fitted to help it carry heavier traffic. Nearly two centuries holding its stomach in, and then along comes a car the size of a parish hall. ‘Right. Fetch the big belt.’
Single-arch road bridge, built c.1830, spanning channel between arms of Ardderry Lough. Round arch with coursed rubble stone walls having iron bracing plates, tooled limestone voussoirs and gunnelled soffit. Rubble stone parapet to east elevation, with concrete coping. Recently rebuilt battered rubble stone abutments, with recent rubble stone parapet wall and coping to west elevation.
This bridge carries the approach road to Maam Cross from the south, thus integrating the road network in Connemara. The bridge is in good condition and bracing plates have been added to reinforce the bridge with the increased traffic.
From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 30403903
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