The A515 Skeoge Link is a road in

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which was designed to complete the route between

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and

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. It is part of a larger project to link

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with

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. The total construction cost was £5 million.

Construction

Skeoge Link Road is a road scheme that was constructed along the northwestern periphery of

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. This road had been called for going back as far as the 1980s to relieve traffic from the already congested Buncrana Road which is the A2 and other roads within the

Galliagh Ballynagalliagh () is a townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies within Derry and Strabane district. Upper and Lower Galliagh form the townland of Ballynagalliagh in western County Londonderry. Upper Galliagh borders the town ...

and Steelstown Area. It was reported in February 2008 in the ''

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'' that the scheme is set to open in March of the same year. The road opened to traffic on 20 March 2020.

References

515 Proposed roads in the United Kingdom Roads in County Londonderry Proposed transport infrastructure in Northern Ireland {{Use dmy dates, date=June 2013