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Bridge in Magherarny

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Bridge in Magherarny
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Single-arch railway bridge, built c.1860, carrying road over Portadown and Cavan Branch of Ulster Railway. Segmental arch having rock-faced rusticated and margined sandstone voussoirs and cut-stone soffits. Splayed wings terminating in projecting piers to abutments, random rock-face rusticated stone to spandrel walls,…

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Single-arch railway bridge, built c.1860, carrying road over Portadown and Cavan Branch of Ulster Railway. Segmental arch having rock-faced rusticated and margined sandstone voussoirs and cut-stone soffits. Splayed wings terminating in projecting piers to abutments, random rock-face rusticated stone to spandrel walls, parapet walls, abutments and wings. Rock-faced rusticated platbands at impost level and to base of parapets. Dressed limestone parapet walls with pointed capping.
This bridge is a strong focal point on the outskirts of Smithborough, constituting an impressive piece of road and railway infrastructure. A road has been placed on the former rail bed underneath. The survival of the bridge is a testament to the skill and craftsmanship of railway engineers in the nineteenth century. 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 of the area and increased communication 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 41401209

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  • Kieran Campbell, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
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  • Enda O Flaherty, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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