N62 road (Ireland)


The N62 road is a national secondary road in Ireland. It links the M6 motorway east of Athlone, County Westmeath with junction 6 of the M8 motorway at Kilnoe near Horse and Jockey in County Tipperary, to the south. The route also forms a junction with the M7 motorway south of Roscrea.
The government legislation that defines the N62, the Roads Act 1993 Order 2012 , provides the following official description:

Road quality

The road commences at junction 8 on the M6 east of Athlone and continues for a short distance as dual carriageway forming a short section of the Athlone bypass. Following the roundabout junction with the R446 towards Athlone town, the road is single carriageway two-lane throughout. The route passes through towns such as Ferbane, Birr, Roscrea, Templemore and Thurles and has not bypassed any of the towns and villages along its route. The quality of the surface, pavement and alignment varies, but it has no stretch of fully realigned 'two-lane with hard shoulders' section.
Some sections are very poor indeed. Road marking and signage is good to excellent on most of the route.

R498-N62 link road

During 2011, a road to link the N62 with the R498 was built. Taking a small portion of the L4121 local road near Tipperary Institute, the road was already widened and turned off into a new road going over the main Dublin-Cork line with a new bridge to be constructed and joining the N62 at Gortataggart. This new stretch of road is currently part of the R498, as designated by Transport Infrastructure Ireland in 2012. North Tipperary County Council was in charge of its construction.

Thurles bypass

Plans extant in July 2011 for a bypass to connect the N62 North N75 and R498 road with N62 South were approved and were in route selection. It appeared likely the R498-N62 link road would be part of the new bypass.