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&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Mayo_border_sign.jpg) The N60 entering County Mayo near Ballyhaunis | |
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| Length | 92 km (57 mi) |
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| Country | Ireland |
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The N60 road is a national secondary road in Ireland, linking Castlebar, County Mayo to Roscommon town via Claremorris, Ballyhaunis and Castlerea. The busiest section of the N60 is between Castlebar and Claremorris, as this is one of the main links from County Mayo to the Irish motorway network at Tuam. This section of the route carries more than 7,000 vehicles daily.
The entire N60 is single carriageway and the vast majority has no hard shoulders. Some stretches have narrow driving lanes and poor horizontal alignment, and these sections have been targeted for upgrades in recent years. Between Castlebar and Claremorris, a 1.4 km section of road at Lagnamuck was realigned in 2019[1] and as of 2023 a 3.6 km realignment at Heathlawn is under construction.[2] Another 4 km realignment at Manulla is at the design stage.[3]
In County Roscommon, a 3.4 km section of the N60 at Oran, between Ballymoe and Roscommon town, was realigned and upgraded in 2019.[4]
Prior to these upgrades, the N60 had seen only minor realignment works carried out since the 1970s, most notably the Claremorris relief road, which was constructed in two stages between 1988 and 2000. This relief road removes the majority of the 7,000 vehicles daily from Claremorris town centre, in particular Mount Street—which was once notorious for tailbacks, as traffic previously gave way to the busy N17 that passed through the town prior to the opening of the N17 bypass in 2001.
A new route between Castlebar and Claremorris has been in planning for many years; it will bypass the village of Balla when constructed. However, design work on this project has been suspended.
- ^ "N60 Castlebar to Balla at Lagnamuck". Mayo County Council. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ "N60 Balla to Claremorris at Heathlawn". Mayo County Council. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ "N60 Road Improvement at Manulla". Mayo County Council. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ "N60 Oran Road Project Official Completion". Transport Infrastructure Ireland. Retrieved 12 March 2023.