Road bridge over railway adjacent to 63 Kilmonaghan Road Newry Co. Down BT35 6QD

Industrial-style metal road bridge with timber-planked deck supported on stone piers over the Dublin and Belfast junction line, built between 1906 and 1928, located on Kilmonaghan Road approximately 5 miles N of Newry, Co Down. It replaces an earlier bridge, from which the stone piers are a probable remnant. Spanning West-to-East from south side of No.63 Kilmonaghan Road across railway tracks to No.72 Kilmonaghan Road, not in use as a public road bridge but used to access farm dwelling and land. Rock-faced, coursed stone walling with concrete coping to N side of entrance to bridge on Kilmonaghan Road. Square-plan stone pier (same stonework) with large cut-stone cap with rounded ends and sloped top adjacent to balustrading. S side of entrance has a small section of dry-walling and an identical stone pier. Balustrading is constructed of overlapping painted steel diagonal members forming latticework, secured by painted steel rivets at junctions. ‘GLASGOW STEEL’ embossed on horizontal members. ‘Port Talbot Steel Ltd’ embossed on some horizontal members. Vertical steel fins on outer side of balustrade supported on coursed, cut-stone tall piers (underside of bridge not seen at time of survey, but seen in 2015). Steel I-section beams running transversely beneath timber planking. Timber sleepers laid along length of span forming raised edge between planking and balustrading. Metal safety grill attached to inside of balustrading. Setting: Bridge is located in a rural location, with W end of span situated immediately S of No.63 Kilmonaghan Road. Bridge leads to farmland on E side with views over countryside beyond. Materials: Painted metal / timber planking (replacement) / stone walling and piers