Sugar Island Bridge, Newry, Co Down, BT34

This bridge spans the Newry River and links the town centre with the main Armagh road. It is of random granite and Silurian rubble construction throughout (including the soffits) with four equal sized segmental arches. The voussoirs are of dressed granite with slightly protruding keyblocks. There are triangular cutwaters in finely dressed granite on up- and downstream sides, both of which terminate at arch spring level. The string courses and parapet copings are also in finely dressed granite. Markings on the parapets suggest the former presence of a lamp standard at each end, both now removed. A pipe is carried across the outside face of the upstream parapet. Part of a fifth arch is just visible at left on the upstream side; the remainder of it and all its downstream face are now hidden by road widening. This arch carried a headrace under the bridge to the former corn mill in Mill St. Although the race is now infilled, the arch appears to be still open to facilitate the discharge of floodwater. An arched culvert is let into the walled riverbank immediately above and below the bridge to allow floodwater to pass through this arch.