Kilbeggan Bridge
Emmet Road, Columcille Street, Tullamore
About Kilbeggan Bridge
The National Inventory rates Kilbeggan Bridge Regional, one of 130 in Tullamore. Its record dates Kilbeggan Bridge to 1925–1935. 46 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
Kilbeggan Bridge crosses the Grand Canal and follows the form of the early canal bridges. Built during the mid twentieth century, it is the earliest recorded concrete arch bridge in the county and is one of only three concrete arch bridges in all of County Offaly.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 14807098 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 14807098↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 10 minutes
Tullamore · about 500 m on foot, as the crow flies
6 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
More walls, gates and bridges on the record near Tullamore
There are 8 with photos within 40 km. Just 8 km away stands 21st Lock, in Ballinagar. At the edge of the list, 20 km away: Rhode Bridge, Rhode.
Questions about Kilbeggan Bridge
Is Kilbeggan Bridge on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 14807098).
Can you visit Kilbeggan Bridge?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Kilbeggan Bridge built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1925–1935.
Is Kilbeggan Bridge protected?
Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.
Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).
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