The R116 road is a regional road in

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which runs east-west from the N11 at

Loughlinstown Loughlinstown () is a southern Dublin suburb, located in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, on the N11 national road. Loughlinstown is the location of St. Columcille's Hospital, which serves both south Dublin and Wicklow. The European Foundation for ...

to the R115 in

Ballyboden Ballyboden (''Baile Buadáin'' in Irish, meaning "Boden Town") is a locality within the suburb of Rathfarnham in South Dublin, at the foot of the Dublin Mountains between Whitechurch, Ballyroan and Knocklyon. It is a townland in the civil p ...

. It runs through the South of

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for its entire length.

Route

The official definition of the R116 from the ''Roads Act 1993 (Classification of Regional Roads) Order 2012'' Statutory Instrument 54 of 2012 — Roads Act 1993 (Classification of Regional Roads) Order 2012
''Irish Statute Book'' (irishstatutebook.ie). Retrieved 2017-02-02. reads: :R116: Ballyboden - Loughlinstown, County Dublin :Between its junction with R115 at Scholarstown Road in the county of South Dublin and its junction with R117 at Kiltiernan in the county of DunLaoghaire — Rathdown via Edmondstown Road and Cruagh in the county of South Dublin: Tibradden, Glencullen and Ballybetagh all in the county of Dun Laoghaire — Rathdown :::and between its junction with R117 at Glenamuck South and its junction with N11 at Loughlinstown via Ballycorus Road, Rathmichael Road, Stonebridge Road, Mullinastill Road and Cherrywood Road all in the county of Dun Laoghaire — Rathdown.

Description

East-West: Starts at N11 ''Cherrywood Road'' and runs under the old

Harcourt Street railway line The Harcourt Street Railway Line ( ga, Seanlíne Iarnróid Shráid Fhearchair) was a railway line that ran from ''Harcourt Street'' in Dublin through the southern suburbs to Bray, County Wicklow, Bray. It was one of the Dublin and South Eastern ...

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and on through ''Brides Glen'' where it goes under the M50 and crosses over the ''Loughlinstown River''. Proceeds east along ''Ballycorus Road'' to a junction with the R117 in

Kilternan Kilternan (), also known as Kiltiernan, is a village in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, in the foothills of the Wicklow Mountains south of Dublin, Ireland, near the border with County Wicklow. Location Separated from the continuous built-up Dubli ...

. Crosses the R117 at a staggered junction in Kilternan before climbing steeply SW up ''Ballybetagh Road'' to

Glencullen Glencullen () is a village and townland in the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown in south County Dublin, Ireland. It is also the name of the valley above one end of which the village sits, and from which it takes its name, and is on the R ...

. Continues east along the northern side of a deep valley formed by

Two Rock Mountain Two Rock (; archaic: Black Mountain; ' ()) is a mountain in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. It is high and is the 382nd highest mountain in Ireland. It is the highest point of the group of hills in the Dublin Mountains which comprises Tw ...

(536 m) and

Tibradden Mountain Tibradden Mountain () is a mountain in County Dublin in Ireland. Other former names for the mountain include "Garrycastle" and "Kilmainham Begg" (a reference to Kilmainham Priory which once owned the lands around the mountain). It is high and i ...

to the north and ''Glendoo Mountain'' (586 m) to the south, where it reaches its high point of 287 m (1,263 ft). From the head of the valley it descends steeply through ''the Pine Forest'' and continues down through

Rockbrook

Rockbrook (Irish language, Irish: ''Sruth na gCloch'') is a smal ...

and

Edmondstown Edmondstown (), sometimes spelt ''Edmundstown'', is an outer suburb of Dublin, in the jurisdiction of South Dublin. It is situated on the R116 regional road, south of Ballyboden and north of Rockbrook, in the valley of the Owendoher River ...

(where it again passes underneath the M50) to its termination in Ballyboden where it meets the R115.

Map of the route

R116 Routemap

References

{{Roads in Ireland Regional roads in the Republic of Ireland Roads in County Dublin

Route

Description

Map of the route

See also

References