Survey Data
Reg No
41301013
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Bridge
In Use As
Unknown
Date
1850 - 1860
Coordinates
271709, 341989
Date Recorded
02/12/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Single-arch limestone railway bridge, built c.1855, carrying land path over disused Portadown to Cavan railway line. Elliptical arch with rock-faced voussoirs, coursed stone walls and abutments, dressed stone string course above arches, English garden wall-bonded brickwork to arch soffit, and with dressed limestone parapet walls and copings.
Appraisal
This bridge forms part of a group of railway bridges that were part of the former Portadown and Cavan Branch of the Great Northern Railway. It is an impressive structure, characteristic of the railway era, and a reminder of the engineering achievements and quality of local craftsmanship of the late nineteenth century.