Former railway bridge, Ballydyan Road, Ballydyan, Ballynahinch, Co Down

Single span, largely rubble built, road bridge of 1857-58 built to carry the Ballydyan Road over a stretch of the former Belfast & County Down Railway line. The line was removed in 1950 and the underside of the bridge now appears to serve as a cattle shed. The bridge is located along the Ballydyan Road, roughly 3 miles NE of Ballynahinch. The bridge is mainly constructed in squared fieldstone, with sandstone used as coping to the parapets, voussoirs to the elliptical arch, and as string courses at road level and arch springing level. To either face of the bridge, either side of the arch, are large abutments with sandstone coping and squat end piers. At both ends the arch is largely covered with corrugated sheeting (the arch now appears to be used as a cattle shed), with a door in the sheeting to the S. Both faces of the bridge are largely covered in thick ivy growth.