Footbridge over River Bann, Off Kilkeel Rd, Hilltown, Newry, Co Down, BT34 2JU is a Grade Record Only listed building in the Newry, Mourne and Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Footbridge over River Bann, Off Kilkeel Rd, Hilltown, Newry, Co Down, BT34 2JU
- WRENN ID
- fallen-landing-holly
- Grade
- Record Only
- Local Planning Authority
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Constituency
- South Down MP: Chris Hazzard (SF)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Address
- Footbridge over River Bann, Off Kilkeel Rd, Hilltown, Newry, Co Down, BT34 2JU, Ballymaghery, BT34 2JU
- Irish grid reference
- J 218 290
- Coordinates
- 54.19597, -6.13454
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This footbridge spans the River Bann immediately downstream of a ford. Primarily of technical interest due to its pragmatic, on-site construction method, it is similar to several other bridges on the Bann which have since been improved. The bridge dates to between 1900 and 1919, as it was not shown on the 1902 Ordnance Survey map, but appears on the 1919 edition. It consists of four metal girder spans supported by shuttered concrete piers and abutments; the piers taper inwards from base to top, featuring angled cutwaters at deck level. The concrete deck rises slightly towards the central pier and was cast between the side girders, utilising falsework formed by slightly arched corrugated metal, some of which remains in situ. It incorporates a handrail composed of three horizontal bars, externally braced, terminating in square capped concrete pillars at either end. The bridge is 1.07 metres (3 feet 6 inches) wide. It is of industrial archaeological interest and is currently in use as a bridge.
Local climate
Footbridge over River Bann, Off Kilkeel Rd, Hilltown, Newry, Co Down, BT34 2JU sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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