Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Mersey Street Bridge,
Belfast, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Mersey Street Bridge,, Belfast., **See General Comments**
- Council
- Belfast
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.60115, -5.88771
- Date of survey
- 27 March 2014
- HB reference
- HB26/07/007
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 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Triple-span reinforced-concrete road bridge over Connswater River. Each span comprises six longitudinal beams with slab deck over. Concrete parapets with recessed panels.
This bridge was surveyed in the First Survey but not listed. Partial record only was taken during the Second Survey as the it is not worthy of a full survey.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
Triple-span reinforced-concrete road bridge over Connswater River. Each span comprises six longitudinal beams with slab deck over. Concrete parapets with recessed panels.
This bridge was surveyed in the First Survey but not listed. Partial record only was taken during the Second Survey as the it is not worthy of a full survey.
General comments
Triple-span reinforced-concrete road bridge over Connswater River. Each span comprises six longitudinal beams with slab deck over. Concrete parapets with recessed panels.
This bridge was surveyed in the First Survey but not listed. Partial record only was taken during the Second Survey as the it is not worthy of a full survey.
Nearby in the register
- ST. CHRISTOPHER'S C OF I CHURCHShopunder 1 mi
- Mersey Street Primary SchoolHouseunder 1 mi
- Former BankOfficeunder 1 mi
- Portview Trading EstateOfficeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.