The R118 road is a
regional road The term regional road (or route) is used in a number of places to designate roads of more than purely ''local'' but less than ''national'' strategic importance in a country's highway network.
It is used formally and officially in reference to:
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in south
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 ...
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Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown
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Ireland
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Kildare Street
Kildare Street () is a street in Dublin, Ireland.
Location
Kildare Street is close to the principal shopping area of Grafton Street and Dawson Street, to which it is joined by Molesworth Street. Trinity College lies at the north end of t ...
to
Cherrywood
Cherrywood () is a developing suburb of Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland, bordering Cabinteely, Loughlinstown and Rathmichael. It is located to the southeast of the city, in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown. The development commenced on a greenfi ...
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The official description of the R118 from the ''Roads Act 1993 (Classification of Regional Roads) Order 2012''
[Statutory Instrument 54 of 2012 — Roads Act 1993 (Classification of Regional Roads) Order 2012](_blank)
''Irish Statute Book'' (irishstatutebook.ie). Retrieved 2017-02-02. reads:
:R118: Dublin - Blackrock, County Dublin and Dún Laoghaire - Lahaunstown, County Dublin
:Between its junction with R138 at Kildare Street in the city of Dublin and its junction with N31 at Mount Merrion Avenue in the county of Dun Laoghaire — Rathdown via Leinster Street South (and via Lincoln Place, Westland Row, and Pearse Street), Clare Street, Merrion Square North, Mount Street Lower, Northumberland Road, Pembroke Road, Ballsbridge and Merrion Road in the city of Dublin: and Rock Road in the county of Dun Laoghaire — Rathdown
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between its junction with N31 at Crofton Road and its junction with M50 at Lahaunstown via Marine Road, George’s Street Upper (and via Park Road and Queen’s Road), Glenageary Road Lower, Sallyglen Road, Church Road, Ballybrack dual carriageway, Wyattville Road and Wyattville Link Road all in the county of Dun Laoghaire — Rathdown.
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Roads in Ireland
The island of Ireland, comprising Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, has an extensive network of tens of thousands of kilometres of public roads, usually surfaced. These roads have been developed and modernised over centuries, from tr ...
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National primary road
A national primary road ( ga, Bóthar príomha náisiúnta) is a road classification in Ireland. National primary roads form the major routes between the major urban centres. There are 2649 km of national primary roads. This category of ro ...
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National secondary road
A national secondary road ( ga, Bóthar Náisiúnta den Dara Grád) is a category of road in Ireland. These roads form an important part of the national route network but are secondary to the main arterial routes which are classified as national ...
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Regional road The term regional road (or route) is used in a number of places to designate roads of more than purely ''local'' but less than ''national'' strategic importance in a country's highway network.
It is used formally and officially in reference to:
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References
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