Survey Data
Reg No
31302213
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Bridge
Date
1890 - 1895
Coordinates
122565, 327451
Date Recorded
04/08/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Single-arch hump back road bridge over railway line, opened 1893; extant 1896. Tuck pointed snecked rock faced limestone walls between tuck pointed snecked rock faced limestone battered piers with chamfered stringcourses supporting parapets having chamfered coping. Single segmental arch with drag edged rock faced limestone ashlar voussoirs. Sited spanning uprooted railway line with unkempt embankments to railway line.
Appraisal
A bridge identified as an integral component of the late nineteenth-century civil engineering heritage of the rural environs of Killala on account of the connections with the extension of the Mayo Branch of the Midland Great Western Railway (MGWR) line (opened 1893) by the Midland Great Western Railway (MGWR) Company with the architectural value of the composition confirmed not only by the rock faced surface finish demonstrating good quality workmanship, but also by the elegant "sweep" of the arch making a pleasing visual statement at a crossing over the now-uprooted railway line.