What gives it its particular character is the combination of materials: the main fabric is local sandstone, while the voussoirs, the wedge-shaped stones that lock each arch into place and carry the load above, are cut limestone. That mix of locally quarried sandstone with dressed limestone detail was a common enough economy in rural Irish bridge-building of the period, but here it lends the structure a composed, almost deliberate quality.

The bridge carries three semicircular arches across the river, aligned on a north-east to south-west axis. On the upstream face, low pointed cutwaters project from the piers; these narrow wedge-shaped projections divide the river current and reduce the pressure of water and debris bearing against the stonework. They are a feature associated with considered rather than makeshift construction, suggesting the bridge was built to last and with some awareness of the hydraulic forces it would face. The overall appearance points to the early 1800s, a period when improved road infrastructure was being pushed into many parts of rural Munster, often under grand jury patronage or as part of wider road improvement schemes.