just reopened after being closed for the last six months due to restoration
this is the bridge as it looked before it was replaced
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| photo and info coutesy of Buildings of Ireland website |
Info and photo courtesy of Buildings of Ireland
Errigal is a 751-metre mountain near Gweedore in County Donegal, Ireland. It is the tallest peak of the Derryveagh Mountains and the tallest peak in County Donegal. Errigal is also the most southern and the highest of the mountain chain called the "Seven Sisters" by locals. Wikipedia
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28 February, 2019
tyrconnell bridge
located in Donegal Town.
just reopened after being closed for the last six months due to restoration
this is the bridge as it looked before it was replaced
Four-span road bridge over River Eske and road, dated 1895. Constructed of welded sheet steel girders forming deck and having steel/iron panels to parapets. Deck rests on battered squared coursed rock-faced masonry piers with pointed breakwater buttresses to base. Piers rise over steel parapets having cut stone coping over. Abutments to either side/end (north-east and south-west) constructed of squared coursed rock-faced masonry having cut stone coping over. Projecting cut stone stringcourse at deck level to piers and to abutments to either end. Staircase flanked by rubble stone wall to north end of west side of bridge. Bridge spans River Eske and New Row Road. Cut stone date plaque to pier to east side reading 'The Tyrconnell Bridge; Built 1895; W.J. Glen C.E. Contractor'. Located to the north-west of Donegal Town centre, a short distance from the Diamond.
Info and photo courtesy of Buildings of Ireland
just reopened after being closed for the last six months due to restoration
this is the bridge as it looked before it was replaced
Info and photo courtesy of Buildings of Ireland
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