Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB16/27/006

Address :
Bridge at 20 Martin’s Rd Newry Co Down

Townland:
Ballinlare

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Bridge

Former Use
Bridge

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
Yes

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:

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OS Map No:
266/6NE

IG Ref:
J0708 2679

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Owner Category

Exterior Description And Setting

This bridge carries a single-track accommodation road over the double track of the main Belfast - Dublin railway, here set in a deep rock cutting. It comprises a single semi-elliptical arch in rock-faced granodiorite throughout. The soffit and abutments are of ashlar, and the spandrels and parapets of squared rubble. The only embellishment is the rusticated voussoirs and parapet copings.

Architects

Macneill, Sir John

Historical Information

This bridge was built in 1851 by William Dargan for the Dublin & Belfast Junction Railway Company (D&BJ) to a design by its chief engineer, Sir John Macneill. The line opened in 1852 with the completion of the Craigmore Viaduct. The D&BJ amalgamated with the Dublin & Drogheda Railway Co in 1875, and became part of the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) in 1876. Secondary Source: 1. W.A. Mc Cutcheon, 'Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland' (Belfast 1980).

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Although of some historical and architectural interest, this relatively plain bridge is not to the same scale as others along this stretch of line.

General Comments

Date of Survey

30 December 1997