2013
J3773 : The North Road bridge, Belfast
taken 12 years ago, 3 km from Belfast, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
The North Road bridge, Belfast
See J3773 : Old railway bridge, Belfast (May 2007). The former railway bridge seen from below, on the Comber Greenway J3773 : Spring on the Comber Greenway, Belfast 2011 (1). The concrete extension, nearest the camera, dates from the widening of the North Road in 1930 – 80 years after the line opened.
The Belfast and County Down Railway
The Belfast and County Down Railway ran from Queen’s Quay station in Belfast to Castlewellan via Comber, Downpatrick and Newcastle. There were also lines from Comber to Donaghadee via Newtownards, Belfast to Bangor and branches from Ballynahinch Jct to Ballynahinch and Downpatrick to Ardglass. The lines opened between 1848 and 1892. All closed by 1950 except for Castlewellan – Newcastle which survived until 1955 as part of the GNR(I) route from Belfast via Banbridge and the Bangor line which remains open but from Belfast Central.
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- Grid Square
- J3773, 403 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Albert Bridge (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Monday, 8 April, 2013 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Monday, 8 April, 2013
- Subject Location
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Irish:
J 372 736 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:35.5578N 5:52.6250W - Camera Location
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Irish:
- View Direction
- West-northwest (about 292 degrees)