railway bridges

1854 – The Nine Arches, Milltown, Co. Dublin

Opened in 1854 to carry the Dublin & Wicklow railway from Harcourt Street to Bray over the Dodder river.

1855 – Railway Viaduct, Drogheda, Co. Louth

Architect: William Evans & James Barton

Built between 1851 and 1855,

1855 – Viaduct, Randalstown, Co. Antrim

Architect: Sir Charles Lanyon

The 8-arched, basalt and brick viaduct was opened in 1855 for the Belfast &

1860s – Bridge, Dublin & Drogheda Railway, Skerries, Co. Dublin

Architect: Maurice H. Wilkinson Surveyor

Bridge for Barnageeragh Road on the outskirts of Skerries,

1865 – Dufferin Drive, Clandeboye, Co. Down

Architect: Benjamin Ferrey

Clandeboye Avenue was a private lane leading from the Clandeboye Estate to near the shore at Helen’s Bay.

1869 – Battersea Bridge, London

From The Architect and Contract Reporter, October 16 1869: The illustration in our number of to day gives a perspec tive view of three Railway Bridges or Viaducts which carry over the Mortlake Road so many branches of the combined system of railways that pass over the groat Victoria Bridge.

1875 – Liffey Railway Bridge, Conyngham Road, Dublin

A fine bridge leading to the Phoenix Park tunnel which links Heuston Station to Connolly Station via Cabra and which is now mainly used for freight trains.

1877 – Thomastown Viaduct, Co. Kilkenny

Architect: Charles R. Galwey

Published in The Engineer, April 19 1879.

1878 – Weir’s Bridge, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh

Architect: Edward Fowler

The bridge carried the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway across the River Erne from the Great Northern Railway Station at Enniskillen to the Midland Great Western Railway near Ballisodare in County Sligo.