N55 road (Ireland)

N55 road
Route information
Length:	85 km (53 mi)
Location
Primary destinations:	County Westmeath Athlone, leaves N6 (R390) Ballykeeran Glassan Tubberclare Tang County Longford Ballymahon - joined/left by R392 Crosses the Royal Canal (R399) Carrickboy - (R393) Edgeworthstown - crosses the Dublin-Sligo railway line; joins/leaves the N4 Granard - joined/left by the R194 County Cavan (R394) Bellananagh - (R394) Cavan - terminates at junction with the N3
Road network
Roads in Ireland Motorways • Primary • Secondary • Regional

The N55 road is a national secondary road in Ireland linking Athlone on the River Shannon in the centre of the country to Cavan town.

Route

(Southwest to Northeast)

• It starts at a grade separated interchange (Junction 4) on the N6 Athlone by-pass in County Westmeath and runs northwest through Ballymahon, crossing the N4 at Edgeworthstown, County Longford, through Granard, County Longford and northwest to Ballinagh, County Cavan before terminating at a roundabout junction with the N3 in Cavan town.

N55 at Tang, County Westmeath

See also

• Roads in Ireland
• Motorways in Ireland
• National primary road
• Regional road

References

• Roads Act 1993 (Classification of National Roads) Order 2006 – Department of Transport