Survey Data
Reg No
21831001
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1860 - 1870
Coordinates
135550, 141299
Date Recorded
30/11/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Two-span railway bridge, built c. 1867, formerly part of the Rathkeale to Newcastle West line, now carrying a road over the River Deel. Comprising cast-iron Howe truss bridge with latticed parapets supported by rusticated limestone supports on concrete plinths. Tarred surface to carriageway.
Appraisal
This railway bridge was part of the Rathkeale and Newcastle Junction Railway line, which dated from 1861-67. Though no longer in use as a railway bridge, it remains an important feature in the landscape, carrying a local right of way route over the River Deel. It forms a group with the earlier stone arched bridge to the east, which carries the main road over the same river. Its use of the cast-iron Howe truss is significant technically, while the rusticated limestone piers indicates a certain decorative interest.