Coleraine Bridge
Coleraine Bridge, also known as the Coleraine Bann Bridge, Bann Bridge, or Town Bridge, is a stone bridge, dating from 1844, in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.[1] It is the oldest of the three bridges that span the River Bann in Coleraine; the others being the Sandelford Bridge built in 1975 to the south, and the Bann Bridge built in 1924 to the north.
History
It is a three-arch stone bridge built between 1841 and 1844, designed by architect John Lynn, from designs held by the county surveyor Stewart Gordon, and constructed by George Maxwell out of dressed Scottish granite.[2][3][4] The bridge was opened in 1844 and is one of the finest stone-built bridges in Northern Ireland.[5] The previous bridge was a stone and wooden structure which lasted between the 17th century and around 1840; the piers of said bridge can be seen under the arches at very low tide. Until the mid-1970s, all the through traffic crossed the Coleraine Bridge, causing serious congestion in the town until 1975 when the Sandelford Bridge, which carries the A29 Ring Road, opened.
In 2001, the Waterside Millennium Footbridge was constructed alongside the existing bridge on the downstream side for the added safety of pedestrians and cyclists, as the old bridge was too narrow for footpaths on either side. It carries the A2 road across the Lower Bann River.
References
- ↑ https://niarchive.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/C400-En.pdf
- ↑ "C400 - Northern Ireland Archives" (PDF).
- ↑ - Dictionary of Irish Architects https://www.dia.ie/architects/view/3284/LYNN%2C+JOHN+%5B2%5D* - Dictionary of Irish Architects Check
|url=value (help). Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ - Dictionary of Irish Architects https://www.dia.ie/architects/view/2218/GORDON%2C+STEWART - Dictionary of Irish Architects Check
|url=value (help). Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ Giran, W. D. (1972). List of Historic Buildings, Groups of Buildings, Areas of Architectural Importance in Coleraine and Portstewart (PDF). Ulster Architectural Heritage Society. p. 14. Search this book on
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