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N7 road
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:''In
Belgium, the '''
N7 road (Belgium) N7''' is the old road from
Brussels to
Doornik passing
Halle, Belgium Halle and
Ath.
The '''N7 road''' is a
National Primary Route in the
Republic of Ireland, connecting
Dublin and
Limerick, Ireland Limerick. The road passes through the midlands of
Ireland, and acts as a trunk route out of Dublin for the
N8 road N8 and
N9 road N9 roads to
Cork and
Waterford respectively. It forms part of
International E-road network European route European route E20 E20.
The road leaves Dublin south of
Clondalkin, where it is called the "Naas Road" (the
Luas tram system runs along the median of the
dual carriageway). The N7 intersects the
M50 motorway (Ireland) M50 motorway at the "Red Cow Roundabout", often termed the "Mad Cow Roundabout" due to traffic problems. A 15 kilometre section of the N7 south of the M50 junction is currently being upgraded to three lanes of dual-carriageway (i.e. an extra lane on each side), with work having commenced on the
4 January 2005 and scheduled to be complete by July 2006. The Red Cow Roundabout is also to be replaced with a near-freeflow interchange, as part of a €1.1 billion project to upgrade the M50.
Outside Dublin, five consecutive bypass projects lasting from 1983 to 2004, around
Naas,
Newbridge,
Kildare,
Monasterevin and
Portlaoise, have replaced the single carriageway road with
motorway. The N7 road originally passed through the town centres of each these towns. This route section is designated the
M7 motorway, and is continuous between north of
Naas and south of
Portlaoise, following the opening of the Monasterevin bypass in late
2004. The bypassed roads that used to be the N7 at various times are all now classified as the
R445 road. The N7 is noted for two firsts in the history of Irish roads - the first substantial length of dual carriageway in the Republic of Ireland, running 26 kilometres from Dublin to Naas which was completed in 1968 and also Ireland's first section of motorway, the 8 kilometre Naas Bypass, opened in 1983 bypassing the N7.
South of Portlaoise, the route runs around the outskirts of
Roscrea, and completely bypasses
Nenagh. After meeting Limerick's southern ring road, the N7 bypasses
Annacotty and enters Limerick through
Castletroy. However, the southern ring road is also marked on maps and roadsigns as the N7, so the section of road into Limerick city may not now technically constitute part of the N7 (often sections of National Primary Routes that are bypassed by new road are demoted to regional routes, without green primary route signposts being replaced by the local authorities despite their obligation to do so). It is interesting to note that the N7 dual carriageway between Castletroy and Parkway in Limerick was opened the same day as the N7 Limerick Southern Ring Road, both of which parallel eachother. Both are referred to as the N7 in the NRA Press Release. Source [http://www.nra.ie/News/PressReleases/2004.htmltext,907,en.html NRA Press release].
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