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Bridge Heights

Every year, bridges are hit by vehicles which are too high to pass underneath. The damage done to the bridges is not always obvious but can be serious.

The Iarnród Éireann rail network covers the country and includes no less than 400 bridges that cross the public highways.

If your vehicle should collide with a railway bridge or if you witness a vehicle striking a bridge, ESPECIALLY of the type shown, ALWAYS inform Iarnród Éireann IMMEDIATELY. You could prevent a further more serious accident.

Each headroom restricted bridge has a unique number displayed on a rectangular yellow plate, this number helps us to identify the bridge by location when you call - an example is shown opposite.

The types of bridge shown can suffer particularly serious structural damage as a result of collision. Save lives. Check the height of bridges along your route and know the height of your vehicle before commencing your journey.

To download a copy of our Railway Bridge Map showing headroom restricted bridges across national Primary & Secondary Roads, please click on the graphic on the right hand-side of the page or
click here.

To view more detailed maps of urban centres showing height restricted bridges, please follow the links below.

For further information on clearances, or to order copies of Railway Bridge Maps contact the office of the Chief Civil Engineer Infrastructure, Track and Signals HQ, Iarnród Éireann, Inchicore, Dublin 8 on (01) 703 4228 or email Bridge Maps

Downloadable Bridge Heights for Urban Areas

Dublin

Bray

Cork

Limerick

Galway

Sligo

Athlone

Other Cities and Towns

Please note that the exact clearance cannot be guaranteed at a particular time.
Clearances are calculated for 12.192m (40’) long vehicles.
Clearances at arch bridges are available only at a restricted width as indicated on the bridge by “goal posts”. Arch bridges are marked on the lists with a *

Locations of Bridges on National Primary & Secondary Routes
Road No.	Location	Headroom		Restriction No.
Road No.	Location	Height (m)	Height (ft. ins)	Restriction No.
N8	Cork	4.74	15' 6"	296
N9	North of Waterford	4.68	15' 4"	24
N9	Carlow	4.85	15' 10"	38
N9	Jerpoint Abbey	4.81	15' 9"	42
N9	Knockwilliam Bridge	5.00	16' 4"	43
N11	Gorey	4.50	14' 9"	57
N18	Crusheen	4.52	14' 9"	32
N18	Gort	4.77	15' 7"	33
N24	Piltown / Carrick-on-Suir	4.54	14' 10"	25
N24	Carrick-on- Suir / Clonmel	4.80	15' 8"	26
N24	Cahir	4.57	14' 11"	28
N52	Kells/Ardee	4.64	15' 2"	55
N53	Castleblaney Road	4.89	16' 0"	59
N60	Castlerea / Ballyhaunis	4.70	15' 5"	17
N60	In Ballyhaunis	4.44	14' 7"	18
N60	Ballygowan	4.79	15' 9"	19
N63	Longford / Galway	4.39	14' 5"	12
N63	Roscommon / Galway	4.14	13' 7"	34
N80	Portlaoise	4.10	13' 5"	1
(Arch Bridges*)

Height of railway bridges across public roads in the principal cities and towns of the Republic of Ireland.

Dublin
Headroom 5.03 m (16' 6") or Less
Restriction No.	Location	Headroom
Restriction No.	Location	Height (m)	Height (ft. ins)
101	Sandwith St. *	3.68	12' 0"
102	Upper Erne St. *	3.24	10' 7"
103	Harmony Row *	4.02	13' 2"
105	Grand Canal Quay *	2.36	7' 8"
106	Barrow St.	3.67	12' 0"
107	South Lotts Rd.	3.35	10' 11"
108	Bath Avenue	3.86	12' 8"
110	Accommodation Rd. to beach from Seafield Rd. South of Killiney Station.	2.41	7' 10"
111	Quinn's Rd., Shankill. (Bridge not shown on map)	2.94	9' 7"
115	Ossory Rd. *	3.06	10' 0"
116	Macken St. *	4.38	14' 4"
119	Northbrook Avenue	4.41	14' 5"
121	Kilbarrack Rd. (Bridge not shown on map)	4.86	15' 11"
123	Spring Garden St	4.53	14' 10"
124	Annesley Avenue	4.47	14' 7"
125	Clonliffe Avenue	4.13	13' 6"
126	St. James' Avenue	4.55	14' 11"
127	St. Joseph's Avenue (Ballybough)	4.63	15' 2"
128	Laneway (Croke Park) *	3.25	10' 7"
133	St. Joseph's Avenue (Drumcondra)	4.56	14' 11"
134	Patrick's Road	4.51	14' 9"
264	Cumperland St. *	3.25	10' 7"
370	Howth Road	4.62	15' 1"
372	Ballybough Rd.	4.75	15' 7"
373	North Strand Rd.	4.76	15' 7"
375	Amiens St.	4.69	15' 4"
378	Frenchman's Lane	4.97	16' 3"
380	Beresford Place - Span at Connolly Station End	5.00	16' 4"
381	Custom House Quay	4.73	15' 7"
382	George's Quay	4.88	16' 0"
383	Poolbeg st.	4.74	15' 6"
384	Luke St.	4.67	15' 3"
385	Townsend St.	4.83	15' 10"
386	Shaw St.	4.93	16' 2"
387	Pearse St.	5.02	16' 5"
388	Westland Row	4.93	16' 2"
389	Sarsfield Rd.	4.37	14' 4"
404	West Rd.	4.25	13' 11"
(Arch Bridges * )
Warning: Level Crossings are crossed by overhead electrified wires. Maximum safe headroom is 5.00 m or 16' 4"

Dublin
Headroom 5.05 m (16' 7") or More
Restriction No.	Location	Headroom
Restriction No.	Location	Height (m)	Height (ft. ins)
114	Seville Place	5.06	16' 7"
117	Bessborough Avenue	5.80	19' 0"
118	Strandville Avenue	5.16	16' 11"
120	East Wall Road	5.26	17' 3"
129	Jones Rd.	5.86	19' 2"
130	Mabel st.	5.84	19' 1"
131	George's Rd.	5.47	17' 11"
132	Lr. Drumcondra Rd.	5.32	17' 5"
371	Clontarf Rd. (City Bound) *	5.19	17' 0"
371	Clontarf Rd. (Howth Bound) *	5.49	18' 0"
374	Sheriff St.	5.07	16' 7"
376	Talbot st.	5.12	16' 9"
377	Store St.	5.41	17' 8"
379	Gardiner St.	5.11	16' 9"
380	Beresford Place - Span at Pearse Station End	5.64	18' 6"
626	Moland Place	5.22	17' 1"
(Arch Bridges * )

Cork
Headroom 5.03 m (16' 6") or Less
Restriction No.	Location	Headroom
Restriction No.	Location	Height (m)	Height (ft. ins)
6	Kilnap *	3.26	10' 8"
296	N8 Lr. Glanmire Rd.	4.74	15' 6"
300	Spring Lane*	3.66	12' 0"
301	Dublin Hill	3.80	12' 5"
302	Garvey's Bridge Kilbarry	4.12	13' 6"
304	Mallow side of Kilnap *	4.81	15' 9"
(Arch Bridges * )

Cork
Headroom 5.05 m (16' 7") or More
Restriction No.	Location	Headroom
		Height (m)	Height (ft. ins)
None

Limerick
Headroom 5.03 m (16' 6") or Less
Restriction No.	Location	Headroom
Restriction No.	Location	Height (m)	Height (ft. ins)
29	Old N24 Ballysimon Rd.	4.49	14' 8"
30	Ballysimon Rd.	4.95	16' 3"
31	Dublin Rd.	4.74	15' 6"
240	Old Cork Road	4.49	14' 9"
244	At Park Limerick*	3.55	11' 8"
245	Park Road	4.32	14' 2"
271	Old Cork Rd.	4.44	14' 6"
272	Boher Kyle Bridge	3.00	9' 10"
274	Morrisorr's Bridge	3.92	12' 10"
(Arch Bridges * )

Limerick
Headroom 5.05 m (16' 7") or More
Restriction No.	Location	Headroom
		Height (m)	Height (ft. ins)
622	Childer's Rd.	5.12	16' 9"

Athlone
Headroom 5.03 m (16' 6") or Less
Restriction No.	Location	Headroom
Restriction No.	Location	Height (m)	Height (ft. ins)
15	R446 at Athlone	4.69	15' 5"
22	R446 at Athlone	4.72	15' 6"
161	Magazine Rd.	3.93	12' 11"
231	Coosan Point Rd.	3.88	12' 9"
232	Coosan Point Rd.	3.22	10' 7"
233	Ballymahon Rd.	4.77	15' 8"
234	St. Mel's Terrace	3.14	10' 4"
236	Lr. Coosan Rd.*	3.33	10' 11"
(Arch Bridges * )

Athlone
Headroom 5.05 m (16' 7") or More
Restriction No.	Location	Headroom
		Height (m)	Height (ft. ins)
None

Sligo
Headroom 5.03 m (16' 6") or Less
Restriction No.	Location	Headroom
		Height (m)	Height (ft. ins)
186	Knappagh Rd.	4.04	13' 3"
187	Finnisklin rd.	3.91	12' 10"

Sligo
Headroom 5.05 m (16' 7") or More
Restriction No.	Location	Headroom
		Height (m)	Height (ft. ins)
None

Galway
Headroom 5.03 m (16' 6") or Less
Restriction No.	Location	Headroom
		Height (m)	Height (ft. ins)
142	Lough Atalia Rd.*	4.16	13' 8"
549	Ballyloughan Rd.	3.43	11' 3"
600	Road to Mellows Park	4.67	15' 4"
(Arch Bridges * )

Galway
Headroom 5.05 m (16' 7") or More
Restriction No.	Location	Headroom
		Height (m)	Height (ft. ins)
None

Bray
Headroom 5.03 m (16' 6") or Less
Restriction No.	Location	Headroom
Restriction No.	Location	Height (m)	Height (ft. ins)
113	Seapoint Rd.*	3.15	10' 4"
534	Albert Avenue	3.11	10' 2"
535	Sidmonton Avenue	3.25	10' 7"
536	Victoria Avenue	3.50	11' 5"
537	Convent Avenue	4.01	13' 1"
538	Putland Rd.	4.69	15' 4"
(Arch Bridges * )
Warning: Level Crossings are crossed by overhead electrified wires. Maximum safe headroom is 5.00 m or 16' 4"

Bray
Headroom 5.05 m (16' 7") or More
Restriction No.	Location	Headroom
		Height (m)	Height (ft. ins)
None

Bridges to Note in Other Cities & Towns
Bridge Location	Road No. / Name	Restricted Bridge No.	Height (m)	Height (ft. ins)
Cahir	R670	27	4.59	15' 0"
Cahir	N24	28	4.57	14' 11''
Carrick-on-Shannon	R368	200	3.96	13' 0"
Clonmel	No railway overbridge in town centre.
Drogheda	R132 - Old N1	52	4.78	15' 8"
Dundalk	N53 - Castleblaney Rd.	59	4.89	16' 0"
Dundalk	R177 - Old Armagh Rd.	545	4.64	15' 2"
Dun Laoghaire	No railway overbridge in town centre.
Dunleer	Old N1	53	4.88	16' 0"
Kilkenny	No railway overbridge in town centre.
Killarney	R876 - Park Road	36	4.65	15' 3"
Longford	R393	11	4.42	14' 6"
Longford	N63	12	4.39	14' 5''
Mullingar	Millmount Rd.	215	3.96	13' 0"
Mullingar	Near Fire Station	525	3.48	11' 5"
Portlaoise	R445	2	4.30	14' 1"
Portlaoise	N80	1	4.10	13' 5''
Rathnew	Old N11	56	4.60	15' 1"
Tralee	No railway overbridge in town centre.
Waterford	No railway overbridge in town centre.
Wexford	Bridge at Ferrycarrig off N11	58	4.56	14' 11"

IMPORTANT NOTES:

Exact clearance cannot be guaranteed at a particular time
Clearances calculated for 40’ (12.192m) long vehicles
Clearances at arch bridges are available only at a restricted width as indicated on bridge by “Goal Posts”. Arch bridges are marked with a *
For further information on clearances, or to order copies of Railway Bridge Maps contact the office of the Chief Civil Engineer Infrastructure, Track and Signals HQ, Iarnród Éireann, Inchicore, Dublin 8 on (01) 703 4228 or email Bridge Maps

This information was updated on 12^th September 2005