L'Estrange Bridge

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L'Estrange Bridge, County Offaly
Single-arch masonry canal bridge, built in 1800, carrying the road from Cloghan to Shannonbridge over the Grand Canal. Random squared rubble walls with dressed stone string course, voussoirs, terminating piers and coping to parapet. Part of east parapet and the pier at its south end have been rebuilt. Arch of semi-elliptical profile. Humped deck and ramped approaches. Limestone towing path flanking canal under archway. Plaques to bridge read: 'L'Estrange Bridge 1800'.

L'Estrange Bridge, with its fine carved stone date plaques, is a good example of an unaltered canal bridge. For over two hundred years this bridge has carried people and their various modes of transport over the Grand Canal. This section of the canal was opened in 1804. It makes a positive and attractive addition to the canalscape and is an important piece of architectural heritage associated with Ireland's inland waterways.