N60 road (Ireland)

N60 road
Route information
Length:	96 km (60 mi)
Road network
Roads in Ireland Motorways • Primary • Secondary • Regional

The N60 road is a national secondary road in Ireland, linking Castlebar, County Mayo to Roscommon town. The quality of the road varies significantly, with County Roscommon having a better alignment. The worst section of the route is between Castlebar and Claremorris where some stretches are dangerously narrow. This section of the route is also the busiest with up to 7,000 vehicles daily. The N60 in County Mayo has seen very little improvement works carried out since the 1970s. The road remains almost the same except for the Claremorris relief road which was constructed in two stages between 1988 and 2000. This relief road removes the majority of the 7,000 vehicles daily from Claremorris town centre, in particular Mount St which was once notorious for tailbacks, as traffic had to give way to the busy N17 which once passed through the town.

A new route between Castlebar and Claremorris has been in planning for many years and will bypass the village of Balla when constructed.

Route

Sign outside Ballymoe, heading north

(Northwest to Southeast)

It starts at the N5 Castlebar ring-road and runs southeast to Claremorris. At Claremorris it turns east crossing over the N17 at a grade separated junction. It continues east to Ballyhaunis where it crosses the N83. Continuing eastwards it enters County Roscommon and passes through Ballinlough to Castlerea where it turns south to Ballymoe (in County Galway)and finally southeast to Roscommon town where it terminates at a ring-road which joins it to the N61 and N63 national secondary roads.

The route originally continued from Castlebar to Westport, however this section became part of the N5 in 1994.

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