Coleraine Bridge

The crossing at Coleraine has existed since at least the thirteenth century. The earliest recorded bridge at the site was constructed in 1248 by John de Courcy in the vicinity of Coleraine Castle. Raven's map of 1620 depicts a timber bridge at the location. This structure is shown on Taylor and Skinner's 1783 map and is shown on early nineteenth-century Ordnance Survey maps. The present bridge was completed in 1844 at a cost of £14,650, funded by the County Londonderry Grand Jury. It was designed by Stewart Gordon, County Surveyor for County Londonderry between 1834 and 1860, and constructed by John Lynn, a Coleraine-based contractor. During the Second World War, a demolition chamber was…