Survey Data
Reg No
14929007
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1930 - 1960
Coordinates
196165, 214418
Date Recorded
12/10/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Six-span metal beam bridge, c.1940, carrying road over a branch of the River Shannon. Abutments and piers of concrete. Piers extended upstream to accommodate vertical metal sluice gates with V-cutwaters. Timber deck. Parapets with metal handrails.
Appraisal
This is a good example of a mid twentieth-century metal beam bridge. The addition of the sluice gates add to the technical interest of the bridge. It replaced a mid nineteenth-century accommodation bridge. This bridge was erected by the Office of Public Works.