Glossary entry for
North Road Bridge

Beyond the southern side of Cyprus Avenue is a disused railway cutting, which once belonged to the Belfast And County Down Railway (this railway is mentioned in the song "Cyprus Avenue"). The North Road railway bridge itself is also mentioned (in "On Hyndford Street"). This line now serves as the Bloomfield Walkway.

Image courtesy of Maurice Kinkead

Van references in:

  • "Cyprus Avenue" (on Astral Weeks)
  • "On Hyndford Street" (on Hymns To the Silence)


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