The R138 road is a regional road in

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. It commences at the south end of

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city centre. It proceeds along

D'Olier Street D'Olier Street ( ) is a street in the southern city-centre of Dublin, the capital of Ireland. It and Westmoreland Street are two broad streets whose northern ends meet at the southern end of O'Connell Bridge over the River Liffey. Its southern ...

, College Street (and in the opposite direction,

Westmoreland Street Westmoreland Street is a street on the Southside of Dublin. It is currently a one-way street. It carries a segment of the R138 road for northbound traffic; nearby D'Olier Street carries southbound traffic of that segment. Location It is o ...

). The route continues around College Green and

Grafton Street Grafton Street () is one of the two principal shopping streets in Dublin city centre (the other being Henry Street). It runs from St Stephen's Green in the south (at the highest point of the street) to College Green in the north (the lowes ...

(and in the other direction, Suffolk Street, Church Lane and

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). From here, it continues out of the city via Nassau Street,

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, the north side of St. Stephen's Green, Merrion Row,

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Lower, Pembroke Street Lower,

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West and Pembroke Street Upper. This route section in the other direction (into the city centre) runs via

Leeson Street __NOTOC__ Leeson Street (; ) is a thoroughfare near central Dublin, Ireland. Location The street is divided into two parts by the Grand Canal: Lower Leeson Street, in Dublin 2 is to the north of the canal, linking to St Stephen's Green, with ...

Lower (see thumbnail), east and north sides of St. Stephen's Green, and

Dawson Street Dawson Street (; ) is a street on the southern side of central Dublin, running from St Stephen's Green to the walls of Trinity College Dublin. It is the site of the residence of the Lord Mayor of Dublin, the Mansion House. Location Dawson Stre ...

. The R138 runs in both directions along Leeson Street Lower after the junction with Pembroke Street. Having crossed the Grand Canal, the route divides again for a portion of Leeson Street Upper, with outbound traffic proceeding via Sussex Road. It continues via Morehampton Road and

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, through Donnybrook, with the route becoming dual carriageway at Donnybrook Church, which marks the beginning of the Stillorgan Road. The Stillorgan Road brings the road past Belfield, where

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is located (and accessed from a grade-separated interchange on the dual carriageway - the first full interchange built in Ireland) and onwards to its junction with the N11 and N31 at Mount Merrion Avenue.

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The official description of the R138 from the ''Roads Act 1993 (Classification of Regional Roads) Order 2012'' S.I. No. 54/2012 — Roads Act 1993 (Classification of Regional Roads) Order 2012
''Irish Statute Book''. 2012-02-28. reads: :R138: O’Connell Bridge — Mount Merrion Avenue, County Dublin) :Between its junction with R148 at Bachelors Walk in the city of Dublin and its junction with N31 at Mount Merrion Avenue in the county of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown via OConnell Bridge, DOlier Street, College Street (and via Westmoreland Street), College Green, Grafton Street (and via Suffolk Street, Church Lane and Dame Street), Nassau Street, Kildare Street, Saint Stephens Green North, (and via Saint Stephens Green North and Dawson Street) Merrion Row, Baggot Street Lower, Pembroke Street Lower, Fitzwilliam Square West, Pembroke Street Upper, (and via Leeson Street Lower and Saint Stephens Green East) Leeson Street Lower, Leeson Street Upper, Sussex Road (and via Leeson Street Upper), Morehampton Road, Donnybrook Road and Stillorgan Road in the city of Dublin: and Stillorgan Road in the county of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown.

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