Bridge, N of Station Road, Jonesborough, Newry, Co Armagh, BT35 8JH is a Grade Record Only listed building in the Newry, Mourne and Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland. Bridge.
Bridge, N of Station Road, Jonesborough, Newry, Co Armagh, BT35 8JH
- WRENN ID
- eternal-trefoil-poplar
- Grade
- Record Only
- Local Planning Authority
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Constituency
- Newry and Armagh MP: Dáire Hughes (SF)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Type
- Bridge
- Address
- Bridge, N of Station Road, Jonesborough, Newry, Co Armagh, BT35 8JH, Foughill Etra, BT35 8JH
- Irish grid reference
- J 056 191
- Coordinates
- 54.11019, -6.3852
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This single-lane bridge, built in 1851, carries a field track over the main Belfast to Dublin railway line just north of Station Road, Jonesborough, County Armagh. The bridge is of interest due to its design and distinctive parapet, and it has historical associations with Sir John Macneill and William Dargan, known as the "father" of Irish railways. It is similar in style to other rail-related bridges in the area, particularly that on the Barracraic Road to the south of Newry.
The bridge, constructed of coarsely dressed granodiorite blocks laid irregularly, features a single semi-elliptical span. Notable details include tooled edges to the abutments, rusticated voussoirs (projecting wedge-shaped stones), a finely dressed and chamfered stringcourse running through the arch at its base and just above its summit, and a similarly detailed parapet coping which is slightly advanced. The parapets rise in five steps from west to east, with the stringcourse below mirroring this stepped design. The parapets curve outwards at each end, terminating in pyramidal-capped piers. Shallow buttresses with tooled edges are positioned on either side of the arch.
The bridge was erected by the Dublin & Belfast Junction Railway Company based on designs by their chief engineer, Sir John Macneill, and built by William Dargan. Its completion helped to make the railway line between Belfast and Dublin fully operational, following the construction of the adjacent Craigmore Viaduct in 1852. The bridge is considered to be of industrial archaeological interest.
Local climate
Bridge, N of Station Road, Jonesborough, Newry, Co Armagh, BT35 8JH receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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