N72 road (Ireland)

N72 road
Route information
Length:	176 km (109 mi)
Location
Primary; destinations:	County Waterford Leaves the N25 north of Dungarvan; Ballymacmague - joins/leaves the R672; Crosses the Finisk River; (R671); Cappoquin - (R669); Lismore - crosses the River Blackwater; (R668, R666); Tallowbridge - crosses the River Bride; R634; ; County Cork Currabeha; Fermoy - passes under the M8 motorway; joins/leaves the R639 crossing the River Blackwater; (R512); Ballyhooley; Castletownroche - crosses the River Awbeg; (N73); Mallow - (N20); (R579); Dromagh; (R583); (R577); ; County Kerry Rathmore - R582 joins/leaves; Barraduff - (R570); Killarney - joins the N22 east of the town and after 5 km leaves it north of the town; (N71); (R563); Killorglin - terminates at the N70; ;
Road network
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The N72 road is a national secondary road in Ireland that runs east-west from its junction with the N25 near Dungarvan in County Waterford to the N70 in Killorglin in County Kerry.

The road passes through Lismore – Fermoy (N8) – Mallow (N20) – Rathmore – Killarney (N22) – Killorglin.

The N72 is 176 km long.

Proposed upgrades[edit]

Funding of €2.4 million has been secured in 2011 for realignment of a particularly accident-prone stretch of the N72. ^[1]

N72 road
Route information
Length:	176 km (109 mi)
Location
Primary destinations:	County Waterford Leaves the N25 north of Dungarvan Ballymacmague - joins/leaves the R672 Crosses the Finisk River (R671) Cappoquin - (R669) Lismore - crosses the River Blackwater; (R668, R666) Tallowbridge - crosses the River Bride; R634 County Cork Currabeha Fermoy - passes under the M8 motorway; joins/leaves the R639 crossing the River Blackwater (R512) Ballyhooley Castletownroche - crosses the River Awbeg (N73) Mallow - (N20) (R579) Dromagh (R583) (R577) County Kerry Rathmore - R582 joins/leaves Barraduff - (R570) Killarney - joins the N22 east of the town and after 5 km leaves it north of the town; (N71) (R563) Killorglin - terminates at the N70
Road network
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