N62 road (Ireland)

N62 road
Route information
Length:	101 km (63 mi)
Location
Primary destinations:	County Westmeath Near Athlone, leaves M6 Ballynahowen County Offaly Doon Ferbane (R436) River Brosna Crosses the Grand Canal Cloghan (R357) (R356) Galros Join N52 Birr leave N52 Sharavogue (R491) County Tipperary Roscrea (R445); crosses the Limerick - Ballybrophy railway line M7 (J22), Templemore (R501) (R502) (R433) Crosses the Dublin-Cork railway line Thurles (N75) (R498) (R660) Crosses the River Suir Links to the M8 motorway (Ireland) Horse and Jockey terminates at the R639
Road network
Roads in Ireland Motorways • Primary • Secondary • Regional

N62 & old direction sign

The N62 road is a national secondary road in Ireland. It links the M6 motorway east of Athlone, County Westmeath with junction 6 of the M8 motorway south-east of Thurles in County Tipperary. The route also forms a junction with the M7 motorway south of Roscrea.

The road is 101 km (63 mi) long.

Quality of Road

The road commences at junction 8 on the N/M6 east of Athlone and continues for a short distance as dual carriageway forming a short section of the Athlone bypass. Following the roundabout junction with the R446 towards Athlone town, the road is single carriageway two-lane throughout. The route passes through towns such as Ferbane, Birr, Roscrea, Templemore and Thurles and has not bypassed any of the towns and villages along its route. The quality of the surface, pavement and alignment varies, but it has no stretch of fully realigned 'two-lane with hard shoulders' section.

Some sections are very poor indeed (see gallery).^{[neutrality is disputed]}

Road marking and signage is good to excellent on most of the route.^{[neutrality is disputed]}

R498-N62 Link Road

A road to link the N62 with the R498 is currently in construction. Taking a small bit of the L4121 near Tipperary Institute the road is already widened and turns off into a new road going over the main Dublin-Cork line with a new bridge to be constructed and joining the N62 at Gortataggart. It is unclear at the moment will this new stretch of road will be named part of the R498 or N62, though only the National Roads Authority can designate/re-designate a National road, and it is the North Tipperary County Council building the road so it looks more likely it will be part of the R498.

Thurles Bypass

Plans for a Bypass to connect the N62 North (before Thurles) N75 and R498 road with N62 South (pass Thurles) have been approved and are currently in route selection, It is more than likely the R498-N62 link road will be part of the new bypass.

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  Templemore

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  Some sections are very poor.

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