The N62 road is a

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. It links the

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east of

Athlone Athlone (; ) is a town on the border of County Roscommon and County Westmeath, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is located on the River Shannon near the southern shore of Lough Ree. It is the second most populous town in the Midland Region, Ir ...

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with junction 6 of the M8 motorway at Kilnoe near Horse and Jockey in

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'' (irishstatutebook.ie), 2012-02-28. The route also forms a junction with the M7 motorway south of

Roscrea Roscrea () is a market town in County Tipperary, Ireland. In 2022 it had a population of 5,542. Roscrea is one of the oldest towns in Ireland, having developed around the 7th century monastery of Crónán of Roscrea, Saint Crónán of Roscrea, p ...

. The government legislation that defines the N62, the ''Roads Act 1993 (Classification of National Roads) Order 2012 (Statutory Instrument 53 of 2012)'', provides the following official description: :N62: Fardrum, County Westmeath - Birr, County Offaly - Horse and Jockey, County Tipperary :Between its junction with M6 at Creggan Lower in the county of Westmeath and its junction with N52 at Kennedys Cross in the county of Offaly via Creggan Upper, Fardrum, Kilgarvan, Kilbillaghan and Ballynahown in the county of Westmeath: Doon Cross, Corbane; Main Street at Ferbane; Gallen, Noggusduff; Ferbane Street and Banagher Street at Cloghan; Derrinlough and Bollinarig Big in the county of Offaly :and :between its junction with N52 at Railway Road in the town of Birr and its junction with the N8 at Kilnoe in the county of North Tipperary via Railway Road in the town of Birr: Rath Beg, Sharavogue and Drumakeenan in the county of Offaly: Birr Road, The Crescent, Lourdes Road and Dublin Road in the town of Roscrea: Benamore, Tullaskeagh, Parkmore, Derrymore, Gortnagowna and Borrisbeg in the county of North Tipperary: Church Street, Main Street, Patrick Street, Richmond and Thurles Road in the town of Templemore: Ballybristy and Knockauns in the county of North Tipperary: Brittas Road, Smith OBrien Street, O’Donovan Rossa Street (and via Parnell Street and Cúchulainn Road) Liberty Square and Slievenamon Road in the town of Thurles: Turtulla Bridge and Drumgower in the county of North Tipperary.

Road quality

The road commences at junction 8 on the M6 east of Athlone and continues for a short distance as a dual carriageway forming a short section of the Athlone bypass. Following the roundabout junction with the R446 towards Athlone town, the road is a single carriageway two-lane throughout. The route passes through towns such as Ferbane, Birr,

Templemore Templemore () is a town in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is a Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in the historical Barony (Ireland), barony of Eliogarty. It is part of the Ecclesiastical parish, parish of Templemore, Clonmore and Killea i ...

and Thurles and has not bypassed any of the towns and villages along its route. The quality of the surface, pavement and alignment varies, but it has no stretch of fully realigned 'two-lane with hard shoulders' section. Some sections are very poor indeed (see gallery). Road marking and signage is good to excellent on most of the route.

R498-N62 link road

In 2011, a road to link the N62 with the R498 was built. Taking a small portion of the L4121 local road near Tipperary Institute, the road was already widened and turned off into a new road going over the main

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- Cork line with a new bridge to be constructed and joining the N62 at Gortataggart. This new stretch of road is currently part of the R498, as designated by Transport Infrastructure Ireland in 2012. North Tipperary County Council was in charge of its construction.

Thurles bypass

Plans extant in July 2011 for a bypass to connect the N62 North (before Thurles) N75 and R498 road with N62 South (past Thurles) were approved and were in route selection. It appeared likely the R498-N62 link road would be part of the new bypass. File:Templemore, County Tipperary - geograph.org.uk - 1809232.jpg,

Image:OCN62 041c.jpg, Some sections are very poor.

References

{{Roads in Ireland National secondary roads in the Republic of Ireland Roads in County Westmeath Roads in County Offaly Roads in County Tipperary

Road quality

R498-N62 link road

Thurles bypass

See also

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