N5 Dublin to Westport and Castlebar

This road is intended to provide a high quality link between the strategically important towns of Westport and Castlebar and Dublin.

Already major sections of this route have been upgraded, from Dublin to Longford, to motorway or high quality dual carriageway standard. Journey times have been substantially reduced along the route while safety has also noticeably improved.

In the recent past major improvements have been delivered in the quality of the existing roadway and work continues to improve the overall standard and safety of the route.

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Further work scheduled or underway for the N5 includes the bypasses of Ballaghadereen, Longford, Strokestown, and major improvements on the Castlebar/Westport section of the route.

The Charlestown Bypass was officially opened by the Minister on 2 November 2007.  The bypass will remove 7000 vehicles per day from Charlestown and Carracastle.