The R162 road is a regional road in

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, linking

Monaghan Monaghan ( ; ) is the county town of County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It also provides the name of its Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish and Monaghan (barony), barony. The population of the town as of the 2016 census was 7 ...

Town to Navan,

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. The route is long.

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Northwest to southeast the route starts in at a junction with the N54 in Monaghan, County Monaghan. It continues southwards through Ballybay before crossing into

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 ...

Shercock Shercock ( ); ) is a small town situated in the east of County Cavan, Ireland. As of the 2016 census, the population of the town was 588. Shercock is located at the intersection of the R162 and R178 regional roads. It sits on the shores of t ...

. It veers southwest through Kingscourt and enters

, passing through Nobber. South of Nobber the N52 National secondary road joins it from the west and leaves eastwards at a staggered junction. (This is unusual in the R162 regional road has priority and also a much higher standard of road than the National route). It passes southwards through Wilkinstown, Kilberry and passes

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before terminating in Navan at the R147.

References

Roads Act 1993 (Classification of Regional Roads) Order 2006
– Department of Transport {{Roads in Ireland Regional roads in the Republic of Ireland Roads in County Meath Roads in County Cavan Roads in County Monaghan

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