The railway opened between Coleraine and Limavady Jct, across the estuary of the River Roe, in 1853. The present bridge (485ft in length), of reinforced concrete, was completed in 1938 to a design by the railway’s own civil engineer NC... (more)
The River Roe flows north, to Lough Foyle, from Glenshane in the Sperrin Mountains. The estuary is a feeding ground of many birds and nesting area for Lapwing.