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bridge — Smithborough

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bridge — Smithborough
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Single-arch railway bridge, built c.1860, carrying road over Portadown and Cavan Branch of Ulster Railway. Three-centred arch having rock-faced rusticated and margined sandstone voussoirs, enclosed to each elevation. Recent metal plaque to east elevation with poem dedicated to local railway. Tapered projecting buttresses flanking arch to each elevation, forming piers terminating parapet walls. Splayed curved wings terminating in projecting piers to abutments. Roughly-dressed random rubble to spandrels, parapets, buttresses and wings. Rusticated limestone plat-bands at impost level and to base of parapet, dressed limestone coping to wings and parapets. painting of steam train running through arch to north-east elevation.

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