Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Bridge over River Bann
Ballycoshone Upper/ Drumnascamph, Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Bridge
- Date of construction
- 1900 - 1919
- Address
- Bridge over River Bann, Ballycoshone Rd, Rathfriland, Newry, Co Down, BT34 5XE
- Townland
- Ballycoshone Upper/ Drumnascamph
- Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.22476, -6.11990
- Date of survey
- 10 February 1999
- HB reference
- HB16/07/049
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1891 "Ireland 16" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
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).
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
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
Of some technical interest in illustrating contemporary bridge design and the replacement of an earlier girder deck.
Nearby in the register
- Disused Flax millMillunder 1 mi
- Marker stone on junction ofWater Works Structuresunder 1 mi
- Lodge to Drumnascamph HouseGates/ Screens/ Lodgesunder 1 mi
- Former flax mill to rear ofFarm Buildingsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.