Kilnap Viaduct
Bridge in Cork, Ireland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Kilnap Viaduct (known colloquially as the Eight-Arch Bridge) is an eight-arch railway viaduct located in Cork, Ireland. Built in 1845, it carried the Great Southern & Western Railway line to Cork over the valley of Glennamought River and Mallow Road.[1] The viaduct is listed as a protected structure by Cork City Council.[2]
Kilnap Viaduct | |
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.jpg) Kilnap Viaduct c. 1910 | |
| Coordinates | 51.9268°N 8.4875°W |
| Carries | Dublin–Cork railway line |
| Crosses | Glennamought River |
| Locale | Cork, Ireland |
| Maintained by | Transport Infrastructure Ireland |
| Characteristics | |
| Material | Limestone |
| No. of spans | 8 |
| History | |
| Construction end | 1845 |
| Opened | 28 September 1848 |
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The eight-arch railway viaduct features rock-faced ashlar limestone piers with a cut stone impost supporting squared coursed limestone spandrels with dressed limestone string course. It has rock-faced limestone voussoirs leading to round-headed arches, ashlar limestone vaults to barrels and a squared coursed limestone parapet with cut stone coping.[1] The viaduct was built by William Dargan.[3]
As built, it was 420 ft long and 90 ft high.[4]
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