Athlone, County Westmeath On the Athlone N6 bypass heading west. The road between Galway and the edge of Dublin is motorway except for the 10km Athlone bypass. A proposal by the National Roads Authority to reclassify it as motorway was refused because it is widely used by internal Athlone traffic avoiding the congested bridge in the town centre. In a fit of pique the NRA left the decrepit old signs in place and just slapped the new 'M6' exit numbers on them. There is none so bitter as a roads engineer scorned.
'''Athlone, County Westmeath'''<br/>On the Athlone N6 bypass heading west. The road between Galway and the edge of Dublin is motorway except for the 10km Athlone bypass. A proposal by the National Roads Authority to reclassify it as motorway was refused b
