Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Bridge at 20 Martin’s Rd
Ballinlare, Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Bridge
- Date of construction
- 1840 - 1859
- Address
- Bridge at 20 Martin’s Rd, Newry, Co Down
- Townland
- Ballinlare
- Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.17895, -6.36077
- Date of survey
- 30 December 1997
- HB reference
- HB16/27/006
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 1838 "Ireland, north sheet." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
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.
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
Criteria for listing: 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.
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.