The N69 road is a

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. It runs from

Limerick Limerick ( ; ga, Luimneach ) is a western city in Ireland situated within County Limerick. It is in the province of Munster and is located in the Mid-West which comprises part of the Southern Region. With a population of 94,192 at the 2 ...

Tralee Tralee ( ; ga, Trá Lí, ; formerly , meaning 'strand of the Lee River') is the county town of County Kerry in the south-west of Ireland. The town is on the northern side of the neck of the Dingle Peninsula, and is the largest town in Count ...

and passes through

Mungret Mungret () is a village and civil parish in County Limerick, Ireland. It is located close to Limerick City on the N69 national secondary road. As of the 2016 census, the village had a population of 277 people. The local church, which is dedic ...

, Clarina,

Kildimo Kildimo () is a village in County Limerick, Ireland. The village is located on the N69 National Route about 13 km west of Limerick city close to the River Shannon estuary. The population was 417 at the 2016 census. Kildimo/Pallaskenry ...

Askeaton Askeaton (, Waterfall of Géitine, also historically spelt Askettin), is a town in County Limerick, Ireland. The town on the N69, the road between Limerick and Tralee, is built on the banks of the River Deel some 3 km upstream from the e ...

(bypassed), Foynes, Loghill, Glin, Tarbert, and

Listowel Listowel ( ; , IPA: �lʲɪsˠˈt̪ˠuəhəlʲ is a heritage market town in County Kerry, Ireland. It is on the River Feale, from the county town, Tralee. The town of Listowel had a population of 4,820 according to the CSO Census 2016. Desc ...

Upgrades

The N22/N69 Tralee Bypass opened on 16 August 2013. Four kilometres of

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were added to the N69, the first such section to be included in this route. The N69 now terminates at the Ballingowan Roundabout on the N22/N69 Tralee Bypass.

Route

The N69 start at

on the N18 west Limerick bypass which was opened in 2010. It pass though the villages of

, Clarina, Ferrybridge and

. This section of N69 is the busiest with average traffic volumes of 8,000 daily. It passed

, which was bypassed since 1990 with 5km of good standard road. After passing though port town of Foynes, it also pass though villages of Loghill and Glin before crossing into

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. In Tarbert it has a junction for N67 before left for

. Some sections of road between Listowel and Tarbert have hidden dip and have few sharp bends. The N69 pass busy market town of

which has a one way traffic system through the town. After Listowel, the N69 terminates at Ballingown when Tralee bypass was opened in 2013. Prior to 2013, it used to go through Tralee.

References

Roads Act 1993 (Classification of National Roads) Order 2006
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