Survey Data
Reg No
15004144
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1850 - 1855
Coordinates
203241, 241751
Date Recorded
08/09/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Three-span railway bridge over road and canal, opened 1851. Rock faced limestone ashlar walls with margined rock faced limestone ashlar piers supporting cast-iron railing-topped limestone ashlar parapets on cut-limestone stringcourses. Single round central arch with margined rock faced limestone ashlar radiating voussoirs centred on cut-limestone keystone. Sited spanning road and canal.
Appraisal
A bridge identified as an integral component of the mid nineteenth-century civil engineering heritage of Athlone on account of the development of the Midland Great Western Railway (MGWR) line opened (1851) by the Midland Great Western Railway (MGWR) Company.