Dundalk

Dundalk is a town (2011 Pop 37,816) in County Louth, Ireland, close to the border with Northern Ireland.

The town originally developed as a port around the Castletown River, and is around half way between Dublin and Belfast on the route of the former N1. The town centre is bypassed to the east by the N53, which since 1996 has provided access to the port and acts as an urban distributor, and to the west by the M1 bypass, which opened in the 2000s.

Routes

Route	To	Notes
M1	Áth Cliath / DUBLIN Droichead Átha / DROGHEDA
N1	Béal Feirste / BELFAST An tIúr / NEWRY	becomes A1
N53	Muineachán / MONAGHAN Baile na Lorgan / CASTLEBLAYNEY Baile Mhic Cullach / CULLAVILLE	becomes A37 when it briefly crosses the border
R132	Droichead Átha / DROGHEDA Baile an Ghearlánaigh / CASTLEBELLINGHAM
R132	Gleann na bhFiach / RAVENSDALE
R171	Droichead an Chnoic / KNOCKBRIDGE Lú / LOUTH
R172	Na Creagacha Dubha / BLACKROCK
R173	Cairlinn / CARLINGFORD An Grianfort / GREENORE Baile Mhic Scanláin / BALLYMASCANLAN
R177	Ard Mhacha / ARMAGH	becomes A29
R178	Carraig Mhachaire Rois / CARRICKMACROSS
R215	An Muileann gCearr / MULLINGAR Baile Átha Fhirdhia / ARDEE

Former route numbers

Route	To	Notes
N52	An Muileann gCearr / MULLINGAR Baile Átha Fhirdhia / ARDEE	Dundalk section officially detrunked but still signed as N52
T1	Áth Cliath / DUBLIN Droichead Átha / DROGHEDA
T1	Béal Feirste / BELFAST An tIúr / NEWRY
T9	An Muileann gCearr / MULLINGAR Áth Fhirdhia / ARDEE
T22	Muineachán / MONAGHAN Baile na Lorgan / CASTLEBLAYNEY Baile Mhic Cullach / CULLAVILLE
T23	Ard Mhacha / ARMAGH	becomes A29
T24	Carraig Mhachaire Rois / CARRICKMACROSS
T62	Cairlinn / CARLINGFORD An Grianfort / GREENORE Baile Mhic Scanláin / BALLYMASCANLAN

Links

Irish Independent

• Bridge thats steeped in our history (06.09.2002) - article discussing the construction of the link road between Hill Road and the Inner Relief Road