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Worst road in Ireland...

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  • #32
    [Deleted User]
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    A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »
    All of rural Cork. Hape of sh*t dump of a place.

    You get the odd great stretch.

    Glengarriff to Adrigole could be used for testing F1 cars and dragsters.


  • #33
    _Jamie_
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    NegativeCreep wrote: »
    Old cabra road and Navan road. Day or night you're always guaranteed traffic!

    Yep, I live near there and avoid the Navan Road at all costs.


  • #34
    JCX BXC
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    JMT2016 wrote: »
    N24 Limerick to Waterford winner of worst intercity road in the country.

    The amount of bends and 60km areas especially from cahir to oola would break your heart. Parts are no better than a boreen!

    It would make you want to take the train, except they're closing it down :0

    The railway bridges are shockingly dangerous on that road, so narrow and the bends are severe.


  • #35
    ScumLord
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    Galway to Cork is a feckin nightmare. The motorway bit is ruined by the fact no matter which way you're going to end up stuck behind a slow prick once you're off the motorway.

    I had to go to Cork last week, I had to go to Dublin first then down to Cork and back to galway. The Galway > Dublin > Cork part was as fast as the Cork to Galway bit because of the motorway.


  • #36
    NiallBoo
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    N59 galway to Clifden - you eventually get through Galway only to spend two hours trapped behind a tourist going 50k, hoping you don't fall off the side of the road and into the bog.

    N2 at slane. It's terrifying watching trucks going down that hill. Plenty of crashes and countless near-misses.
    I think they should just abandon the N2 between Ashbourne and castleblaney.

    Feckin' Adare.


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  • #37
    Cee-Jay-Cee
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Another real head scratcher is the main Sligo Galway road. Drove it a couple of years back and I recall traffic lights and a T junction at Claregalway. I mean, a T junction on a main connecting road...

    This road is still a national disgrace but just shows the contempt the government have for anything in the north or northwest of the country. It's the most horrible road, it couldn't even be described as a Regional road let alone a Primary Route. There is zero hard shoulder for countless miles, there isn't even a soft verge. The hedges/walls are right on the edge of the road. It carries a huge volume of traffic daily yet hasn't been upgraded in 40 years years or more.


  • #38
    NiallBoo
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    Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »
    This road is still a national disgrace but just shows the contempt the government have for anything in the north or northwest of the country. It's the most horrible road, it couldn't even be described as a Regional road let alone a Primary Route. There is zero hard shoulder for countless miles, there isn't even a soft verge. The hedges/walls are right on the edge of the road. It carries a huge volume of traffic daily yet hasn't been upgraded in 40 years years or more.

    Weren't there plans to have dual-carriageway/motorway from Galway to Sligo?

    They might be holding off on investing in the existing road with a view to completing this instead - though I doubt it'll be any time soon.


  • #39
    Cee-Jay-Cee
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    NiallBoo wrote: »
    Weren't there plans to have dual-carriageway/motorway from Galway to Sligo?

    They might be holding off on investing in the existing road with a view to completing this instead - though I doubt it'll be any time soon.

    I doubt it's even at pre planning stage as I have never heard a word about it. It's like the many other projects that have been proposed over the years that never made the light of day.

    I can't see it happening anytime in the next 20yrs to be honest.


  • #40
    Shannon757
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    bodhrandude wrote: »
    I hated the journey sometimes from Limerick to Cork, the roadworks from Buttevant to Mallow used to have some long delays in it, apparently the roadworks have finished there now.

    Yep, they finished a few months back, lovely road now.


  • #41
    Harry Palmr
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    JMT2016 wrote: »
    N24 Limerick to Waterford winner of worst intercity road in the country.

    The amount of bends and 60km areas especially from cahir to oola would break your heart. Parts are no better than a boreen!

    It would make you want to take the train, except they're closing it down :0

    The N24 is a shi't hole of a road, one crappy town/village after another for most of it's length, whatever else you maybe on the N24, do not be late starting out! In fact add 30-40 mins if you are a newbie and have just used AA route planner.

    The N72 esp once it leaves Co Waterford going west is dreadful as well. That it is designated as a national route at all is pretty amazing.


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  • #42
    retalivity
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    NiallBoo wrote: »
    N2 at slane. It's terrifying watching trucks going down that hill. Plenty of crashes and countless near-misses.
    I think they should just abandon the N2 between Ashbourne and castleblaney.

    I quite like the N2 drive, as far as monaghan anyway, on my way from dublin to donegal.

    Speaking of donegal, the gweebarra bends between dubgloe and glenties were ridiculous, before they half straightened them about 10 years ago, and last time I was up that way they have now ben almost completely straightened out


  • #43
    Atoms for Peace
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    I like the road through ballyvourney leave it alone its a great road to drive, it would surely be cheaper to build a new road up around marcoom where the land is flat and it could link up with the cork - Dublin road.


  • #44
    pragmatic1
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    Donegal. The entire county. It's fcukin ridiculous. We pay our taxes like the rest of the country. It wouldn't be so bad if we had any public transport whatsoever.


  • #45
    [Deleted User]
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    Atoms for Peace wrote: »
    I like the road through ballyvourney leave it alone its a great road to drive, it would surely be cheaper to build a new road up around marcoom where the land is flat and it could link up with the cork - Dublin road.

    Oh it's a lovely road in the sense that it's a nice area, with the land become more creased as one west along the Lee Valley into the area where flying columns became legendary, with the mountains of the Boggeraghs to the North and the Derrynasagarts to the South rising over wonderful valleys like Gougane Barra. And all the time winding on towards the county bounds with the magnificent Paps, Crohane towering over the Killarney Road etc.

    It's just a bad road.


  • #46
    [Deleted User]
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    Deleted User wrote: »

    Mentioned it on the Ballyvourney thread, but the road between there and Macroom (and indeed on to Lissarda) is one that should have the country bowing its head in shame. It's the main road to Kerry and yet, for the best part of 10 miles, it's a well tarred donkey trail winding around (lovely) countryside with only one place to overtake, on the Kerry side of Macroom. Of course, it's not a big deal to Cork politicians because it's a road at the edge of their county, affecting few voters. And while Kerry politicians grumble, I guess they have limited interest in big projects outside their county.

    I drive over and back from Cork to Kerry very frequently and this road is a pain in the arse alright. Especially when you have people in front of you that drive really, really slowly. Although I can't blame them I guess if they are not used to it. That road and Macroom (even the shortcut!) make the journey so much longer. Here is a timelapse video of said road: Link..


  • #47
    JupiterKid
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    In terms of traffic volumes and strategic importance, it has to be the N20 between Cork and Limerick. In the year 2016 it beggars belief how a route that connects the second and third cities of this country is little more than a death trap goat track for much of its length. A national disgrace.:mad:

    Other poor roads are the N52 between Nenagh and Ardee. The middle section between Birr and Mullingar has been improved, but so much of this route is well below par. The N24 between Limerick and Waterford is a stinker too.

    Although most of the motorway network is in place, there is still so much to do in terms of our road network.


  • #48
    who the fug
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    You get the odd great stretch.

    Glengarriff to Adrigole could be used for testing F1 cars and dragsters.

    Thats a good road , compared to what else is in the area.


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