R116 road

The R116 regional road runs east-west from the N11 at Loughlinstown to the R115 in Ballyboden. It runs through the South of County Dublin for its entire length.

Route

East-West:Starts at N11 "Cherrywood Road" and runs under the old "Harcourt Street" railway line viaduct and on through "Brides Glen" where it goes under the M50 and crosses over the "Loughlinstown River". Proceeds east along "Ballycorus Road" to a junction with the R117 in Kilternan. Crosses the R117 at a staggered junction in Kilternan before climbing steeply SW up "Ballybetagh Road" to Glencullen.

Continues east along the northern side of a deep valley formed by "Two Rock Mountain" (536 m) and "Tibradden Mountain" to the north and Glendoo Mountain (586 m) to the south, where it reaches its high point of 287m (1,263ft). From the head of the valley it descends steeply through "the Pine Forest" and continues down through Rockbrook and Edmondstown (where it again passes underneath the M50) to its termination in Ballyboden where it meets the R115.

Map of the route

[http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&q=&z=12&ll=53.22433,-6.239204&spn=0.097427,0.23037&om=1&msid=100929840747837619479.00000111c6252ef9d94e9&msa=0 R116 Routemap]

ee also

*Roads in Ireland- (National Primary Roads)
* Secondary Roads
*Regional Roads

References

* [http://www.transport.ie/upload/general/7617-0.pdf Roads Act 1993 (Classification of Regional Roads) Order 2006] - [http://www.transport.ie/ Department of Transport]