Survey Data
Reg No
14945006
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Scientific, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1855 - 1865
Coordinates
205679, 188626
Date Recorded
04/09/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Single-arch masonry railway bridge, built c.1863, carrying a minor road over the Ballybrophy Limerick railway line. Erected by the Great Southern and Western Railway. Roughly dressed sandstone blocks randomly laid with rusticated quoins to abutments. Segmental profile arch with rusticated voussoirs. Finely dressed string courses and parapets with dressed coping stones.
Appraisal
This bridge is one of four such bridges built by the Great Southern and Western Railway Company on this line within County Offaly. This technically appealing railway bridge combines a variety of stone finishes. It is of importance within the railway architecture heritage of the county.