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Multiple-arch road bridge over River Shannon, built c. 1845 and altered c. 1975 and c. 1993, over central island with three arches to east end and four to west end. Original metal swivel section to the west end replaced c. 1975 by concrete and steel lifting span on concrete and steel piers. Original parapets removed and road/footpaths widened with cantilevered reinforced concrete sections/decks to either side (north and south) having metal railings/parapets, c. 1993. Original bridge constructed of roughly dressed ashlar limestone. Segmental-headed arches having ashlar limestone voussoirs with V-profile edges. V-jointed ashlar limestone masonry to arch barrels. Rusticated ashlar limestone piers with rounded/U-shaped cutwaters to upstream and downstream elevations (north and south) having rounded ashlar limestone capstones over. Squared rubble limestone abutment with ashlar limestone coping to west end of bridge, and cobbled slipway to southwest corner. Rubble stone wing wall to the southwest end having rounded dressed ashlar limestone coping over. Single-bay two-storey control tower with flat roof adjacent to modern lifting section (west). Located to the northwest of Cloondara, joining County Longford with County Roscommon. Spans border between Leinster and Connaught.
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