What is recorded here
Bridge in Piedmont has a painted brick ceiling over the road, though the railway above has retired. That’s a fierce commitment to presentation: the trains are gone, the job is gone, but nobody passing underneath is to think you were badly reared.
Single-span stone railway bridge over road, built c. 1880, now disused. Coursed squared-and-snecked rock-face stone piers, spandrels, parapet and abutments, tooled stone copings to parapet. Segmental-headed arch, V-jointed rock-faced voussoirs, chamfered plain square springing stone, painted brick soffit to arch, abutments curving forward to north and south.
This fine bridge was once an integral part of the railway transport routes through the county. The structure survives in good condition and provides a glimpse into the past industrial history of the area. The robust nature of the bridge creates a landmark in the area.
From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 13900806
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