The N33 road is a

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. It provides a link road in

County Louth County Louth ( ; ga, An Lú) is a coastal county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Ireland, within the province of Leinster. Louth is bordered by the counties of Meath to the south, Monaghan to the west, Armagh to the north and Down to the ...

between the N2

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, M1

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, and

Ardee Ardee (; , ) is a town and townland in County Louth, Ireland. It is located at the intersection of the N2, N52, and N33 roads. The town shows evidence of development from the thirteenth century onward but as a result of the continued devel ...

Dunleer Dunleer () is a town and townland in County Louth, Ireland. Dunleer is situated midway between Dundalk and Drogheda and is located on the junction of the R132, R169 and R170 regional roads that intersect the town. Dunleer used to be the p ...

routes. The route connects to the N2 and N52 near Ardee, and connects to a junction on the M1 near the ''Dunleer Bypass'' almost directly east of the junction on the N2, a distance of 7.59 km. As of 2008 it is the most recently allocated National Primary Route number, and held the record until 2012 when the N40 was created around the south of

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. The route follows the route of the former Ardee railway line for almost its entire length. The road has been heavily used since its opening in 2001. It was recently officially designated as a national primary road. Prior to the 2006 addition to the statutes, while it was signposted as the N33, this numbering had no legal basis (although this was the next available and logical number). In the Roads Act, 1993, (Declaration of National Roads) Order 1994 (S.I. No. 209 of 1994) it is merely listed as "County Louth Dunleer/Ardee new link Between N1 Dunleer By-Pass and N2 north of Ardee".

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S.I. No. 209/1994: Roads Act, 1993 (Declaration of National Roads) Order, 1994Roads Act 1993 (Classification of National Roads) Order 2006
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{{Roads in Ireland 33 Roads in County Louth

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