The R741 road is a
regional road in
County Wexford
County Wexford () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. Named after the town of Wexford, it was ba ...
,
Ireland
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. From its junction with the
R772 in
Gorey
Gorey () is a market town in north County Wexford, Ireland. It is bypassed by the main N11 road (Ireland), M11 Dublin to Wexford road. The town is also connected to the Gorey railway station, railway network along the same route. Local newspape ...
it takes a southerly route to its junction with the
R730 in the centre of
Wexford Town
Wexford ( ; archaic Yola: ''Weiseforthe'') is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland. Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour, the estuary of the River Slaney near the southeastern corner of the island of Ireland. The town is li ...
, where it terminates.
The road is of good quality, well surfaced and lined, throughout. It is used as an alternative route to the
N11 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 ...
for traffic between Gorey and Wexford Town.
In the vicinity of the
R744 at Castle Ellis, the road is known locally as "the new line", constructed in the 1820s.
The traditional iconic view of Wexford Town is the bridge over the
Slaney
Slaney is a surname.
Notable people with this surname include:
* Geoffrey Slaney (1922–2016), British surgeon and academic
* Ivor Slaney (1921–1998), England musical composer and conductor
* John Slaney (born 1972), Canadian ice hockey player ...
sweeping across in the foreground with the town behind it (for an example se
. The bridge is the final stage of R741 southwards.
The road is long.
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 ...
References
Roads Act 1993 (Classification of Regional Roads) Order 2006–
Department of Transport
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{{Roads in Ireland
Regional roads in the Republic of Ireland
Roads in County Wexford