Laune Viaduct
The Laune Viaduct is a 19th-century bridge in Killorglin, County Kerry, Ireland. Known locally as the "Metal Bridge",[1] the bridge was designed by S. G. Frazier.[2]
The viaduct was located along the Great Southern and Western Railway's branch line from Farranfore to Valentia Harbour.[3]
Described in the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage as a "Five-span rock-hewn limestone-built railway viaduct", the bridge opened in 1885.[4] The viaduct spans the River Laune and has single-arch sections to the east and to the west with limestone and red brick voussoirs. A three-span section leads to the centre with bow-string cast-iron girders on tapered limestone piers. The three metal spans are each 95 ft long, each consisting of pairs of twin cross braced bow-string girders of part N-truss and part latticed members. The piers and bridge abutments are made of local limestone.[5]
The bridge was repaired in 1950 and closed in 1960. Renovations in 1993 were made to accommodate its use as footbridge.[4]
References
- ↑ "The Railway Viaduct over the River Laune known locally for generations as the 'iron Bridge'". Killorglin Archive Society. 6 May 2014. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ↑ "Laune Viaduct". Europeana. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ↑ "Killorglin railway viaduct". geograph.ie. 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- 1 2 "Laune Viaduct, Killorglin, County Kerry". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ↑ Cox, Ronald C.; Gould, Michael H. (1998). Ireland Civil engineering heritage. Thomas Tellford. ISBN 0727726277. Retrieved 22 June 2015.