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Foot bridge in Ballyforan

Foot bridge
Foot bridge in Ballyforan
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What is recorded here

Multiple-span pedestrian foot bridge, built c.1900, supported on stone piers with V-cutwaters up and down stream. The bridge spans the River Suck.
This pedestrian foot bridge spans a wide expanse of the River Suck. The impressive seven stone piers make this an unusual bridge and an attractive man-made feature in the countryside.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 31947001

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  • Brian Lawless / Sportsfile, as credited in the Ulster GAA caption, ulster.gaa.ie
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • Willthacheerleader18, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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