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Rooves Bridge

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Road bridge over river Lee, submerged in 1956 by flooding as part of the Lee Valley Hydro-electric Scheme and replaced by modern bridge to E. ESB photograph (1948) shows upstream side as having at least nine semicircular arches, increasing in size towards centre; pointed breakwaters rise to full height of bridge. Similar in appearence to Inishcarra Bridge (CO073-038----).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO072-157

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Aghabullogue GAA / EchoLive source; photographer not named, www.echolive.ie
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  • Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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