Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB16/07/049

Address :
Bridge over River Bann Ballycoshone Rd Rathfriland Newry Co Down BT34 5XE

Townland:
Ballycoshone Upper/ Drumnascamph

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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:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
254/5

IG Ref:
J2267 3228

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Owner Category

Central Govt

Exterior Description And Setting

Original bridge deck of c.1919 replaced by modern construction. A modern triple-span steel girder bridge carries a minor road over the River Bann. Finely dressed granite abutments and piers (with curved ends) are topped with cast concrete on which rest four longitudinal RSJs (+ one cantilevered out on each side) over which is a reinforced concrete deck slab. Vertically railed metal parapet. Concrete footings to piers and abutments. Of similar construction to HB16/07/045 (downstream).

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

A wooden bridge is marked at this location on the 1834 OS 6" map. It is captioned 'footbridge' on the 1859 map. The 1919 map shows a more substantial structure, probably a road bridge, than that shown on the 1902 map. The DOE Road Service records show its deck to be of reinforced concrete between two steel girders; it was cast in situ, curved corrugated iron being used as the formwork for its underside. A similar type of construction can been seen on a footbridge near Hilltown (HB 16/07/047). The deck was replaced with the present one in 1990. Primary sources: 1. 1st edition OS 6" map, Down sheet 48 (1834). 2. 2nd edition OS 6" map, Down sheet 48 (1859) 3. 3rd edition OS 6" map, Down sheet 48 (1902). 4. 4th edition OS 6" map, Down sheet 48 (1919). 5. DOE Roads Service bridge records (bridge no.547).

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Of some technical interest in illustrating contemporary bridge design and the replacement of an earlier girder deck.

General Comments

Date of Survey

10 February 1999