Survey Data
Reg No
12312005
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1845 - 1850
Coordinates
256013, 148785
Date Recorded
18/05/2004
Date Updated
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Description
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.
Appraisal
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.