Survey Data
Reg No
15010122
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1855 - 1860
Coordinates
205043, 241442
Date Recorded
08/09/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Single-arch railway bridge, c.1859, with rusticated limestone piers, parapets and voussoirs with dressed string course and copings. Located to the west of Athlone carrying Lower Road over railway line.
Appraisal
A good quality robust railway bridge with rusticated masonry, typical of mid nineteenth-century railway architecture. This bridge was originally built as part of the Great Southern and Western Railway Company's Portarlington to Athlone Midland line, which opened in October 1859.