R132 road

The R132 road is one of Ireland's newest regional roads, having been classified following the opening M1 motorway which by-passes most of the old N1 route.

By-passed sections of the old N1 were reclassified R132. The route has a highly varying road quality, with some sections of dual carriageway such as the original Swords Bypass, and the original run-in to the M1 Balbriggan Bypass; much wide standard two-lane road, and some very poor segments.

Some sections, such as that through Drogheda, are still signed "N1" though the town was bypassed in 2003.

Route

The R132 southbound near Swords

(North to south: there are three sections to this route)

1. The R132 starts in Dundalk at a junction with the N52 and the N1 and proceeds through Dunleer, and the uplands of Monasterboice, County Louth.
2. It continues on through Drogheda, Balbriggan, and Swords before terminating at a junction with the N1 in Whitehall.
3. There is a stub section of the former N1 Bypass of Dunleer linking the R132 to the M1 Mooremount partial interchange (M1/R170), which was built in the first phase of the M1 project (1991–93), was downgraded to Regional Road status in 2001 with the completion of the Dunleer-Dundalk section of the M1 Motorway, and was re-designated as the R211.

Upgrades

Fingal County Council have announced an upgrade plan for the road.^[1]

See also

• Roads in Ireland
• National primary road
• National secondary road

References

External links

• Roads Act 1993 (Classification of Regional Roads) Order 2006 – Department of Transport