19-672: The R154 road is a regional road in Ireland , linking the R147 near Clonee , County Meath to Crossdoney (near Cavan ) in County Cavan . The road is single carriageway throughout. Many parts of the route have dangerous bends. The route leaves the R147 near Black Bull in the townland of Piercetown, roughly 10 km (6.2 mi) north of Clonee in County Meath . The route passes through small settlements and townlands, including Kiltale , on
38-624: A total of "€7 million to continue progress on the regional roads signposting programme, which commenced in 2003" was granted to local authorities. There are some higher-capacity (i.e. not just single-carriageway) sections of regional road, most notably the R113 ( Belgard Road ) and R445 ( Old Naas Road ), R132 Swords Inner By-pass and R136 Dublin Outer Ring Road which have sections of dual carriageway. In some cases, important high-capacity urban routes are built or designated as regional roads, such as
57-493: Is an example of a Regional road with a 100 km/h speed limit. As of 2009 , directional signposting on some regional roads in Ireland remains poor, with even modern signage usually relying on fingerpost signposts located directly at junctions. However, work on improving signposting on regional roads has been continuing since 2003; routes which previously had the most deficient signposting were selected for upgrading first. In 2007,
76-565: The Republic of Ireland is a class of road not forming a major route (such as a national primary road or national secondary road ), but nevertheless forming a link in the national route network . There are over 11,600 kilometres (7,200 miles) of regional roads. Regional roads are numbered with three-digit route numbers, prefixed by "R" (e.g. R105). The equivalent road category in Northern Ireland are B roads . Until 1977, classified roads in
95-407: The Republic of Ireland were designated with one of two prefixes: "T" for Trunk Roads and "L" for Link Roads . The Local Government (Roads and Motorways) Act authorised the designation of roads as National roads: in 1977, twenty-five National Primary roads (N1-N25) and thirty-three National Secondary roads (N51-N83) were initially designated under Statutory Instrument S.I. No. 164/1977 . Many of
114-677: The Atlantic Corridor routes ( N15 , N17 , N18 , N20 , N24 , N25 ) and the N11/M11 (Dublin - Wexford ). In the contract award procedure for the construction of the Dundalk Western Bypass motorway, which commenced with a call for interest issued in 2001, failure by the National Roads Authority to notify an unsuccessful bidding consortium, Eurolink, that they would not be appointed as construction contractor gave rise to
133-679: The Head of Engineering Operations, the Head of PPP ( Public Private Partnerships ), Strategic Planning and Commercial Operations and the Head of Corporate Affairs and Professional Services. In the previous decade, the NRA was mainly concerned with the extensive expansion of Ireland's motorway network under the National Development Plan (NDP). The Transport 21 element of the NDP involved improvements to Ireland's transport networks including its roads. The NRA
152-732: The R154 crosses the R195 . The route continues northeast through Mount Nugent in County Cavan , joining the R194 after that at a staggered junction. The route leaves the R194, continuing northeast through Kilnaleck , and across the N55 at Ballinagh . The route ends at Crossdoney , meeting the R198 about 10 km (6.2 mi) southwest of Cavan . Regional road (Ireland) A regional road ( Irish : bóthar réigiúnach ) in
171-602: The Roads Act 1993 and commenced operations on 23 December 1993 in accordance with S.I. 407 of 1993. The NRA absorbed the Railway Procurement Agency on 1 August 2015. Technically still the NRA, the merger of the two agencies is legally operationally called Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), and is often treated as a new agency. County councils remain responsible for local and regional roads , as well as various tasks like setting speed limits. The NRA, meanwhile,
190-423: The creation of a bypass ( motorway or other), the road previously forming part of the route is reclassified as a regional road rather than as a local road. The current routes of all regional roads in Ireland – as defined by Statutory Instrument (S.I.) No 54/2012 (Classification of Regional Roads) Order 2012 under the Roads Act 1993 – are listed below. The S.I. specifies the start and end points of each route and
209-574: The former Trunk and Link road designations are still to be seen in some locations. The L (for Link Road) prefix on these signs is not connected to the network of Local roads currently in place. Unlike national roads, regional roads are maintained by local county or city councils rather than the National Roads Authority . The vast majority of the regional road network is made up of single-carriageway roads although some roads are dual-carriageway (see: High-capacity regional roads below). Until
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#1732855019121228-916: The late 1990s, such roads were often in a very poor condition, although increased road maintenance funding to local councils has resulted in more frequent resurfacing of regional roads, as well as relaying and realignment on some routes. Regional roads are generally subject to a speed limit of 80 km/h (imperial equivalent 50 mph), rather than the 100 km/h (imperial equivalent 62.5 mph) for national roads. Prior to 20 January 2005, when Ireland adopted metric speed limits, national and regional roads had identical speed limits of 60 mph. Regional roads, however, pass through towns, villages and built-up areas frequently, so even lower local speed restrictions are often in place. However, certain regional roads, often sections of former national roads which have been bypassed by motorways or other road improvements, have speed limits of 100 km/h. The R132 (former N1)
247-506: The mostly dual-carriageway R710 Waterford Outer Ring Road , or the R774 Greystones to the N11 link, which is dual-carriageway for its full length. In many other cases, upgraded regional roads (for example, wide two-lane roads ) were previously part of a national primary road, prior to the construction of a motorway or other bypass. In most cases, when a national primary road is changed by
266-423: The names of those townlands, villages, towns, and other settlements through which the route passes, as well as individual road names where necessary to establish the exact routing. Sources National Roads Authority The National Roads Authority ( NRA ) ( Irish : An tÚdarás um Bóithre Náisiúnta ) is a state body in Ireland , responsible for the national road network. The NRA was established as part of
285-582: The remaining classified roads became Regional roads (formally authorised under the Roads Act 1993 , having been indicated as such on road signs on a non-statutory basis for some years previously) and their routes were designated under a Statutory Instrument ('SI') in 1994. The latest SI designating the routes of Regional roads was published in 2012: the Roads Act 1993 (Classification of Regional Roads) Order 2012 . Other roads once classified as Trunk or Link roads eventually became Local roads . Older signs showing
304-529: The road building programme, publishing an archaeology magazine, seanda , since 2006. Since 2007 it has managed the eToll toll payment interoperability system operated by Egis Projects. The NRA was headed by a chief executive officer (CEO) who reported to the NRA's board which in turn reported to the Minister for Transport. There were four departmental heads who reported to the CEO: the Head of Finance and Administration,
323-732: The way to Trim . At Trim, the route bypasses the town centre along the Inner Relief Road , with junctions to the R160 , R158 and R161 . From Trim the R154 runs north to meet the N51 at Athboy . The route leaves the N51 on the west side of Athboy, and runs north to cross the N52 just south of Kilskeer . The route continues north/northwest to Oldcastle , meeting the R163 along the way, just north of Crossakeel . At Oldcastle
342-739: Was responsible for making major improvements to key roads, especially the Major Inter-Urban Routes. These routes were the N1/M1 ( Dublin - north of Dundalk ), the N4/M4 / N6/M6 (Dublin - Kinnegad - Galway ), the N7/M7 (Dublin- Limerick ), the N8/M8 ( Portlaoise - Cork ) and the N9/M9 (near Naas - Waterford ). Major improvements were also made to many other national primary and national secondary routes, most notably
361-404: Was responsible for the planning, maintenance and construction of National Primary Routes and National Secondary Routes as well as establishing safety measures. Ireland's national road network consists of 2,739 km (1,702 mi) of National Primary Routes and 2,676 km (1,663 mi) of National Secondary Routes. The body also plays an environmental and archaeological role as part of
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