From a distance it reads as a single piece of old road engineering, the kind of low, arching crossing found throughout rural Ireland. Get closer, though, and it becomes clear that the central section has been substantially rebuilt or encased in concrete at some point, leaving the original abutments and the base of the central pier exposed in random rubble masonry, that is, stonework laid without regular courses, using whatever material came to hand. The bridge spans about 5.6 metres, runs on a northwest to southeast axis, and carries two semi-circular arches separated by a pier fitted with a low pointed cutwater on its upstream, northeastern face. A cutwater is the wedge-shaped projection built to split the current and reduce pressure on the pier; the fact that this one is pointed rather than rounded is a minor but telling detail about how the original builders thought about the river's force.

A short distance to the northwest, sitting on the floodplain beside the main crossing, there is a small overflow arch, the sort of secondary opening designed to carry excess water during spates when the main arches alone cannot cope. It is heavily overgrown now, but what can be made out is curious: the northeastern side appears to have a conventional semicircular arch, while the southwestern side seems to have a horizontal or flat arch, a less common arrangement that may reflect a later repair or a pragmatic response to the low clearance needed at that point on the floodplain. The combination of different arch forms within a single minor structure, one semicircular, one flat, is unusual enough to reward a second look.