The R137 road is a road in
Dublin
Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...
, Ireland connecting
College Green in the city centre to the junction of the
M50 and
N81 routes, via
Dame Street
Dame Street (; ) is a large thoroughfare in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland.
History
The street takes its name from a dam built across the River Poddle to provide water power for milling. First appears in records under this name around 1 ...
, Patrick Street,
Harold's Cross
Harold's Cross () is an affluent urban village and inner suburb on the south side of Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland in the postal district List of Dublin postal districts, D6W. The River Poddle runs through it, though largely in an underg ...
Road,
Terenure
Terenure (), originally called ''Roundtown'', is a middle class suburb of Dublin in Ireland. It is located in the city's D6 and D6W postal districts. The population of all electoral divisions labelled as Terenure was 17,972 as of the 2022 ce ...
Road North, and
Templeogue
Templeogue is a southwestern suburb of Dublin in Ireland. It lies between the River Poddle and River Dodder, and is about halfway from Dublin's centre to the mountains to the south.
Geography Location
Templeogue is from Dublin city centre t ...
Road.
The official definition of the R137 from the ''Roads Act, 1993 (Classification of Regional Roads) Order, 2012''
[Statutory Instrument 54 of 2012 Roads Act 1993 (Declaration of National Roads) Order, 2012](_blank)
''Irish Statute Book
The Irish Statute Book, also known as the electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB), is a database produced by the Office of the Attorney General of Ireland. It contains copies of Acts of the Oireachtas and statutory instruments. '' (irishstatutebook.ie). (HTML file), 2012-02-28. states:
: R137: Dame Street — Tallaght, County Dublin (Part old National Route 81)
: Between its junction with R138 at Church Lane in the city of Dublin and its junction with M50 at Tymon North in the county of South Dublin via Dame Street, Cork Hill, Lord Edward Street, Christchurch Place, Nicholas Street, Patrick Street, New Street South, Clanbrassil Street Lower, Clanbrassil Street Upper, Harolds Cross Road, Terenure Road North, Terenure Place and Templeogue Road in the city of Dublin: and Templeogue Road and Tallaght Road in the county of South Dublin.
The road is long
map of the route.
See also
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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 ...
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National primary road
A national primary road () is a road classification in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. National primary roads form the major routes between the major urban centres. There are 2649 km of national primary roads. This category of road has the pr ...
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National secondary road
A national secondary road () is a category of road in Republic of Ireland, 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 primary roads. Nat ...
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Regional road
References
{{Roads in Ireland
Regional roads in the Republic of Ireland
Roads in County Dublin
Templeogue