The N82 road is a

national secondary road A national secondary road ( ga, Bóthar Náisiúnta den Dara Grád) is a category of road in Ireland. These roads form an important part of the national route network but are secondary to the main arterial routes which are classified as national ...

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, and is located entirely in

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. The route was designated along the ''Citywest Road'', which runs through the

Citywest Citywest ( ga, Iarthar na Cathrach) is a suburban development on the southwestern periphery of Dublin, originally developed as a "business campus." It contains a large hotel, with a convention centre, a small shopping centre and a small but ex ...

Business Campus between the N81 west of

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and the ''Citywest Interchange'' of the N7 (Junction 3). The nearby Belgard Road also connects the N7 and N81, as does the M50, but these are further in towards Dublin city along the busy and congested N7 road.

History

Prior to 2006, the N82 route was designated as following the ''Mill Road'' through

Saggart Saggart ( ga, Teach Sagard) is a village in South Dublin, Ireland, south west of Dublin city. It lies between the N7 (Naas Road), Rathcoole, Citywest and Tallaght. It is one of the fastest-growing settlements in Ireland, showing a populat ...

, between the N81 west of

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and the N7 near Rathcoole.Roads Act, 1993 (Declaration of National Roads) Order, 1994
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Irish Statute Book
The ''Citywest Route'' however was signposted as the N82 prior to the updating of the statutes in 2006 (and was marked on maps as such). Such circumstances are not unusual in Ireland; generally as soon as new road schemes are completed along national roads, the route designation is applied along the new road with new signage. To add to the confusion; in addition to the lack of statute updates (2006 being the first major update since 1994), old signage is often not removed from the original route (e.g. N7 national primary road (white on green) signage along the R445). The old N82 route was signed as the N82 as well as the former route until late 2007. The N82 road was redesignated as the L2011 local road in 2012.

Trivia

The route is urban over its entire length, which, at just over made the N82 by far the shortest national secondary road. Despite being recently built it has no hard shoulders, bus lanes or cycle tracks; it was single carriageway narrow two-lane road and had 6 roundabouts in those 2 kilometres. The road was constructed in phases by the private developer of Citywest Business Campus to serve the development and handed over on completion of the final link between the N7 and the N81 to South Dublin County Council.

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{{Roads in Ireland National secondary roads in the Republic of Ireland Roads in County Dublin

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