Ballyrickard Bridge, (formerly over railway), Moate Road, Ballyrickard, Comber, Co. Down, BT23 4XA is a Grade Record Only listed building in the Ards and North Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.

Ballyrickard Bridge, (formerly over railway), Moate Road, Ballyrickard, Comber, Co. Down, BT23 4XA

WRENN ID
final-barrel-birch
Grade
Record Only
Local Planning Authority
Ards and North Down
Country
Northern Ireland
Source
NI Environment Agency listing

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Description

This sandstone road bridge, constructed between 1848 and 1850, carries the Moate Road over a former railway line or tunnel approximately 1.5 miles northeast of Comber. The bridge is built of rock-faced, dressed sandstone. The archway on the northeast side is largely filled in, as the adjacent cutting has been backfilled. Battered piers flank the arch, and a slightly projecting course sits above it, with coping along the parapet. On the southwest side, the railway appears to have run underground, leaving only a low sandstone wall, now obscured by rubble and greenery. The road surface itself is covered in tarmac.

The bridge formed part of the Belfast & County Down Railway, connecting Belfast, Comber, and Newtownards, which opened in May 1850 and was subsequently abandoned in 1953. The bridge appears to have spanned a tunnel section of the railway line. It possesses industrial archaeological interest, reflecting its role in the railway's infrastructure.

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