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Single-span railway bridge over road, opened 1848, possibly originally single-arch. Renovated, c.1975, with span replaced. Irregular coursed rock-faced squared rubble stone walls with rock-faced cut-stone coping. Replacement single flat steel span, c.1975, on steel girders having replacement steel railings, c.1975, to parapet. Sited spanning road.
An attractive bridge of civil engineering heritage significance for the associations with the development of the Waterford and Maryborough [Portlaoise] Branch extension of the Great Southern and Western Railway line by the Waterford and Kilkenny Railway Company.

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Photo: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Website use allowed for educational or private purposes with source credit