The R200 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
County Leitrim
County Leitrim ( ; gle, Contae Liatroma) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Connacht and is part of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the village of Leitrim. Leitrim County Council is the local authority f ...
and
County Cavan
County Cavan ( ; gle, Contae an Chabháin) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Ulster and is part of the Border Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is based on the historic Gaelic territory of East Breffny (''Bréifn ...
,
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
. Going from west to east, the route connects the towns of
Drumkeeran,
Dowra,
Glangevlin
Glangevlin () is a village in the northwest of County Cavan, Ireland. It is in the townlands of Gub (Glangevlin) and Tullytiernan, at the junction of the R200 and R207 regional roads. It is surrounded by the Cuilcagh Mountains and borders ...
and
Derrynacreeve
Derrynacreeve () is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Corlough and barony of Tullyhaw.
Geography
Derrynacreeve is bounded on the north by Drumcanon (Kinawley) and Drumc ...
. En route it crosses the
R207 at Dowra, is joined by the
R206 at Glengavlen, passes through the ''Bellavally Gap'' before terminating in Derrynacreeve at the N87 national secondary route.
[Statutory Instrument 188 of 2006 — Roads Act 1993 (Classification of Regional Roads) Order 2006](_blank)
''Irish Statute Book'' (irishstatutebook.ie). Retrieved 2010-08-02. The road is long.
Official description
The official description of the R200 from the ''Roads Act 1993 (Classification of Regional Roads) Order 2006''
reads (east to west):
:Derrynacreeve County Cavan - Drumkeeran, County Leitrim
:Between its junction with R202 at Derryvahan in the county of Cavan and its junction with R280 at Drumkeeran in the county of Leitrim via Bellavally, Glangevlin and Corratober in the county of Cavan: Kilmore in the county of Leitrim: Dowra Bridge at the boundary between the county of Leitrim and the county of Cavan: Dowra and Kilduff in the county of Cavan: and Kilmore in the county of Leitrim.
See also
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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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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 ...
References
{{Roads in Ireland
Regional roads in the Republic of Ireland
Roads in County Leitrim
Roads in County Cavan