2008
J3269 : The River Lagan in flood (4)
taken 17 years ago, 3 km from Drumbeg, Co Down, Northern Ireland

The River Lagan in flood (4)
See J3268 : The River Lagan in flood (3). At Shaw’s Bridge (looking upstream) the Lagan, with a good suspension of mud, had the appearance of liquid chocolate. J3269 : Shaw's Bridge, Belfast (2) shows the river and bridge in more normal conditions. For a contrasting dry-summer view see J3269 : Shaw's Bridge, Belfast (2013) (August 2013).
Shaw's Bridge, Belfast
Some photographs of and from Shaw’s Bridge, Belfast.
There are two bridges, both called “Shaw’s Bridge” across the River Lagan on the Malone Road/Milltown Road. The first was built in about 1707 and was in use as a road bridge until 1977 when replaced, for motor vehicles, by a concrete structure of four lanes forming part of the Belfast outer ring road. The old bridge remains but restricted to pedestrians and bicycles.