McComb's Bridge, Castlewellan Rd, Rathfriland, Newry, Co Down

This bridge carries the main Rathfriland - Castlewellan Road over the Upper Bann River, two miles east of Rathfriland. It comprises three semicircular spans, the middle one of which is the highest and widest. It is of random rubble granite throughout, with angled cutwaters to carriageway level on both sides. Projecting stones along the arch spring lines indicate the position of the falsework on which the arches were constructed. The parapets are coped with squared granite blocks and are 43cm thick. The carriageway is 6.2m wide is rises slightly from west to east. The bridge has an overall width of 7.06m (23ft 2in). Metal tie bars have been inserted across the spandrels in the more recent past, the soffits 'gunnited' (sprayed concrete) and the banks pitched with shuttered concrete. The bed of the river is pitched with boulders.