Survey Data
Reg No
31309026
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1855 - 1865
Coordinates
126114, 283070
Date Recorded
17/01/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Single-arch railway bridge over road, opened 1862; extant 1894. Tuck pointed snecked rock faced limestone walls between tuck pointed snecked rock faced limestone battered abutment walls with rock faced cut-limestone coping to parapets supporting replacement mild steel railings. Single round arch with drag edged rock faced limestone ashlar voussoirs. Sited spanning road with unkempt embankments to road.
Appraisal
A bridge identified as an integral component of the mid nineteenth-century civil engineering heritage of the environs of Balla on account of the connections with the development of the Mayo Branch of the Midland Great Western Railway (MGWR) line (opened 1862) by the Great Northern and Western Railway (GNWR) Company with the architectural value of the composition confirmed not only by the rock faced surface finish demonstrating good quality workmanship, but also by the elegant "sweep" of the arch making a pleasing visual statement in a rural street scene.