Bridges

Upload to this page

Add your photos, text, videos, etc. to this page.


  • Aspects of Mayo



With the coming of the railways to Ireland, many new bridges were built to allow trains to travel over rivers. A railway viaduct was built at Newport on the Westport - Achill line. It was opened in 1894.

The seven-arched Burrishoole Bridge is a beautiful bridge between the towns of Mulraney and Newport. it was built in the 18th century to allow traffic cross the Burrishoole channel.

In the 1950s, the road was re-routed and less traffic travels over this bridge today.