Railway bridge, King’s Road, Whitehead, Carrickfergus, Co Antrim, BT38, **See General Comments** is a Grade D1 Record Only listed building in the Mid and East Antrim local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Railway bridge, King’s Road, Whitehead, Carrickfergus, Co Antrim, BT38, **See General Comments**
- WRENN ID
- final-panel-wax
- Grade
- D1 Record Only
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid and East Antrim
- Constituency
- East Antrim MP: Sammy Wilson (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Irish grid reference
- J 474 920
- Coordinates
- 54.75447, -5.71016
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
The railway bridge, now located on King’s Road, Whitehead, Carrickfergus, was built by the Belfast & Northern Counties Railway in 1907 as part of an extension platform north of Whitehead Station. Prior to the bridge’s construction, there was a level crossing at the site. The bridge was a skew twin-span structure, originally featuring metal girder spans that were replaced with pre-cast reinforced concrete beams in 1986-87. The original pier between the spans was also rebuilt in concrete during this period. Only the brick abutments and wing walls of the original bridge remain visible, with the wing walls finished with rusticated and margined granite blocks. The bridge has undergone significant alterations and demolition, resulting in a loss of industrial heritage significance. The bridge previously served as railway station structures.
Local climate
Railway bridge, King’s Road, Whitehead, Carrickfergus, Co Antrim, BT38, **See General Comments** sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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