R135
| R135 | ||||||||||
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| From: | Dublin (O154352) | |||||||||
| To: | Rath, Ashbourne (O051541) | |||||||||
| Distance: | 21.4 km (13.3 miles) | |||||||||
| Meets: | R132, R804, R108, R101, R102, R103, R104, M50, N2, R121, R130, M2, R125 | |||||||||
| Former Number(s): | N2 | |||||||||
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The R135 follows the former course of the N2 from Dublin city centre as far as Rath in County Meath, where it rejoins the N2 to the immediate northwest of the town of Ashbourne.
Like the former N2, it starts on Dorset Street and then takes two different routes around Blessington Street Basin. The two routes combine at Doyle's Corner, where there is a multiplex with the R108, which appears to take priority. After crossing Cross Gun Bridge, the two roads split at Hart's Corner.
In the 1960s it was envisaged that a one way system could run through Phibsborough, utilising Royal Canal Bank.
At Glasnevin Cemetery, it opens out to a dual carriageway, which bypasses Finglas Village, including a non-primary Grade Separated Junction.
The road re-appears on the other side of Finglas Interchange, and runs in a straight line as North Road, a job which has been replaced by the M2.
