The N16 road is a
national primary road in
Ireland. It begins in
County Sligo in the northwest of
Ireland, and ends at
Blacklion
Blacklion (; also ''An Leargaidh'') is a border village in west County Cavan, Ireland. It is situated on the N16 national primary road, just across the border from the County Fermanagh village of Belcoo.
History
The village is within the tow ...
,
County Cavan
County Cavan ( ; gle, Contae an Chabháin) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and is part of the Border Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is base ...
, at the border with
Northern Ireland, where it becomes the
A4 road. At , The N16 is one of the shorter national primary routes, as it forms only part of a major route from Sligo to
Enniskillen and onwards to
Belfast.
Route
The N16 begins at the junction of the
N15 at Cartron,
Sligo
Sligo ( ; ga, Sligeach , meaning 'abounding in shells') is a coastal seaport and the county town of County Sligo, Ireland, within the western province of Connacht. With a population of approximately 20,000 in 2016, it is the List of urban areas ...
, and travels northeast, past the
Institute of Technology, Sligo and onwards, passing above
Glencar Lake
Glencar Lough (), locally known as Glencar Lake, is a freshwater lake in the northwest of Ireland. It covers an area of and lies mostly in County Leitrim with a smaller part in County Sligo. Glencar Waterfall is located near the lake's north ...
and entering
County Leitrim.
Manorhamilton and
Glenfarne are the only towns passed through in County Leitrim, until the road reaches
Blacklion
Blacklion (; also ''An Leargaidh'') is a border village in west County Cavan, Ireland. It is situated on the N16 national primary road, just across the border from the County Fermanagh village of Belcoo.
History
The village is within the tow ...
in
County Cavan
County Cavan ( ; gle, Contae an Chabháin) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and is part of the Border Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is base ...
, and crosses the border into
County Fermanagh at
Belcoo, where the road becomes the
A4. The route continues to
Enniskillen and further east towards
Belfast as the A4 and the
M1 Motorway.
Compared with many other national primary roads in Ireland, long sections of the N16 are narrow and twisty which can make travelling on it slow and difficult. In recent years improvements have been made to short sections of it but the geography of many of the areas it passes through (deep valleys and steep hills) places some limits on the improvements that can be made without a wholesale realignment of parts of the route (i.e., finding less difficult terrain nearby to build a new road through).
As of December 2019, upgrades to further sections of the N16 were planned.
See also
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Roads in Ireland
*
Motorways in Ireland
*
National secondary road
*
Regional road
References
External links
Roads Act 1993 (Classification of National Roads) Order 2006–
Department of Transport
* http://www.leitrimcoco.ie/eng/Services_A-Z/Roads/National_Primary_Roads/Existing_Ongoing_Projects.html
{{Roads in Ireland
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Roads in County Sligo
Roads in County Leitrim
Roads in County Cavan