N20 (Republic of Ireland)
N 20 | |
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| Bóthar N20 (Irish) | |
| Route information | |
| Length | 96.45 km (59.93 mi) |
| Location | |
| Country | Republic of Ireland |
| Primary destinations | (bypassed destinations in italics)
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| Highway system | |
The N20 is a national primary road in Ireland, connecting the cities of Cork and Limerick. Buttevant, Croom, Charleville, Mallow and Blarney are major towns along the route. A short section of the route (from Limerick to Patrickswell) is motorway standard and is designated as the M20 Motorway.
Route
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Limerick to Patrickswell (M20/R526)
Patrickswell to Cork City
A wide two lane road brings traffic along the Croom bypass (prior to the opening of this bypass at a cost of €20 million on 12 July 2001, the route went through the town).[1] Past this new section of road, narrow two-lane road commences, ending at Charleville. The route passes through the town, running along Main Street. The road between Charleville and Buttevant is of similar design. At Mallow a relatively high specification road is encountered, with an older bypass of the town (early 1990s) passing up the hill from it as dual carriageway. A viaduct brings the road across the Blackwater River and Valley. The rest of the route to Cork is two lanes wide, with a section of 2+1 road (a pilot installation) south of Mallow. The route becomes dual carriageway on the approach to Cork. Junctions on this dual carriageway section are not numbered.[citation needed] New relief roads in Cork bring the route into the city centre while avoiding the winding streets through which the route ran until around 2000. The route terminates at the city center with two lanes going in each direction.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ The Irish Times, 13 July 2001, p. 2.