[Former railway] bridge

Donaghadee, Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland

The record

Designation: Listed building, Grade B2
Grade: B2
Type: Bridge
Date of listing: 25 February 2005
Date of construction: 1860 - 1879
Address: [Former railway] bridge, Killaughey Road, Donaghadee, Co Down
Townland: Donaghadee
Council: Ards and North Down
Country: Northern Ireland
Coordinates: 54.63283, -5.54446
Date of survey: 08 May 1998
HB reference: HB24/07/033

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Road bridge (over a former railway line) on a bend on the Killaughey Road, on the western outskirts of Donaghadee.The bridge is constructed in random rubble with sandstone dressings to the elliptical arch and a (partly chamfered) coping to parapets. There is also a sandstone course to each side above the arch. Voussoirs are rock faced. Brick intrados. The bridge has a slight hog back and the road is now tarmaced. Large sections of the sides of the bridge are now covered in greenery.

Historical information

This bridge was probably constructed c.1859-60, in time for the opening of the Donaghadee Branch of the Belfast and Co. Down Railway in 1861. The line was closed in 1950 but the cuttings remain and the bridge is still necessary as the cuttings still remain.

References- Primary sources.
1. PRONI OS Maps 1st rev. 1858-60, Co. Down 3.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

A. Style
B. Proportion
C. Ornamentation
D. Plan Form
F. Structural System
J. Setting

Criteria for listing: historic interest

X. Local Interest

Evaluation

Fine road overbridge of c.1859-60, over a former railway line.

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