Boyne Bridge

For the bridge over the River Boyne, see Mary McAleese Boyne Valley Bridge.
Boyne Bridge
LocaleBelfast, Northern Ireland
Named forBattle of the Boyne
History
Built1863
Rebuilt1936

The Boyne Bridge is a bridge in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was built in 1863 over the Belfast–Lisburn railway line, and was rebuilt in 1936.[1] It was scheduled for demolition starting on 12 October 2024, to be replaced by a road at ground level, which is set to take one year to complete.[2]

The older Saltwater Bridge stood nearby, on roughly the same alignment. This had been built in the 1640s over the Blackstaff River.[1] Tradition holds that King William III crossed it in 1690 on his way to the Battle of the Boyne.

  1. ^ a b "Archaeological investigation and bridge coring at Belfast Transport Hub" (PDF). Irish Archaeological Consultancy. 14 January 2020. pp. 16–34.
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