The Narrowwater Bridge – over 100 years of planning From the days of a crossing near NarrowWater keep that allowed people and animals to cross at low tide centuries ago (it was only removed in the mid-1800s by merchants who had been restricted to only using the river at high tide) many had dreamed of a permanent bridge that could unite the two communities. The first printed reference to a bridge over Carlingford Lough that we have found to date was printed in the Newry Reporter on the 25th of March 1905.
From then various councils and locals alike would bring the notion of a bridge to meetings and in most cases, it was agreed to look at the finer details in the future. Fast forward past 2 world wars and indeed local conflicts and we find in the 1970’s the want of a bridge has not waivered.