Cross-border bridge was considered in 1975 at cost of £500,000 A proposal to build a cross-border bridge linking Warrenpoint and Omeath at a cost of £500,000 was considered half a century ago.
“The winter usage could exceed the 250 stated and would probably be around 1,000 especially if a high percentage of the Carlingford Omeath traffic used the crossing to take advantage of the dual carriageway to Newry.
“Traffic on the existing Newry to Omeath road would probably drop on the length from Narrow Water to Newry.
However, the files show that the Department of the Environment had prepared a report in response to a proposal from Louth County Council for a bridge almost 50 years before.
Newly released files show officials did not believe that the £200,000 funding required from Northern Ireland would be made available for the proposed link in 1975.
