The N27 road is a

national primary road A national primary road ( ga, Bóthar príomha náisiúnta) is a road classification in Ireland. National primary roads form the major routes between the major urban centres. There are 2649 km of national primary roads. This category of ro ...

Cork city Cork ( , from , meaning 'marsh') is the second largest city in Ireland and third largest city by population on the island of Ireland. It is located in the south-west of Ireland, in the province of Munster. Following an extension to the city's ...

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the s ...

. The road forms a route from the city centre to

Cork Airport Cork Airport ( ga, Aerfort Chorcaí, ) is the second-largest of the three principal international airports in Ireland, after Dublin and ahead of Shannon. It is located in Cork City, south of the city centre in an area known as Farmers Cro ...

, and onto the R600 connecting to the port town of

Kinsale Kinsale ( ; ) is a historic port and fishing town in County Cork, Ireland. Located approximately south of Cork City on the southeast coast near the Old Head of Kinsale, it sits at the mouth of the River Bandon, and has a population of 5,281 ( ...

. The route runs out of the city centre along the following route: ''Michael Collins Bridge'', ''Custom House Street'', ''Éamon De Valera Bridge'', ''Albert Street'' and ''Old Market Road''. The bridges are across the two diverged parts of the

River Lee The River Lee (Irish: ''An Laoi'') is a river in Ireland. It rises in the Shehy Mountains on the western border of County Cork and flows eastwards through Cork, where it splits in two for a short distance, creating an island on which Cork's ...

which flow around the city centre. The ''South Link Road'' was opened to traffic in May 1985. By the mid 1990s, the road surface of the ''South Link Road'' had fallen into a state of disrepair. Between 1998 and 1999, a new road surface was laid down along the entire distance of this route. The ''South Link Road'' brings the N27 from the city centre area out to the N40 Cork South Ring Road at the ''Kinsale Road Roundabout'', a three lane signal-controlled non-symmetrical roundabout (with 5 exits) that has been upgraded to a grade-separated interchange in relatively recent times, and referred to as the ''Magic Roundabout''. The southern exit of this roundabout is the Kinsale Road, or Airport Road, and carries the N27 out to the airport. The section of the N27 between the ''Kinsale Road Roundabout'' and ''Farmer's Cross'' was improved during the mid to late 1990s. In 2005, this route section received further improvements. The route terminates at the ''Airport Road Roundabout''. The western exit at this roundabout is the only main access into the airport itself. There are now plans to construct a secondary access route to

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Roads Act 1993 (Classification of National Roads) Order 2006
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27 Roads in County Cork {{Ireland-road-stub

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