Local Roads - Link Roads

Pfungstadter

Sorry for the sill post,
Bust just wondering is there somewhere that you can get a list of the local Roads or are they called Link Roads, L XXXX

murphaph

They're called local roads. Link roads are an older thing when there were Trunk and Link roads. You'll have to try your local council I'm afraid as only National and Regional roads are defined by the Oireachteas (and available online under the various acts and SI's).

mike65

I thought L roads had been abolished, either its an N/M or R designation now I think

Mike.

Pfungstadter

Sorry for posting twice

Every Road has an L number, they are used for admin purposes only. They only sign M N R numbers

Victor

Mostly the are referred to as local roads and are in the range L XXXX range.

Looking at a few individual maps of roadwork schemes the number sequence seems to reset for each county.

They appear to be broken down into:
Local Primary - "main" local roads, not covered by the national or regional road numbering scheme.
Local Secondary - mostly narrow local roads.
Local Tertiary - mostly Cul de Sacs or roads serving very few premises.

Take a look at the Meath by-laws here: http://www.n2finglasashbourne.ie/bye_law.html

D'Peoples Voice

murphaph wrote:

They're called local roads. Link roads are an older thing when there were Trunk and Link roads. You'll have to try your local council

I would have said check the websites of local government,
but to be fair we are talking about civil/public servants,
so don't expect the data to be accurate or up to date.

While the local government of the South Dublin adminsitrative area has the best website of almost any local government in the country by a long shot, their measurements look a big dodgy.
They have no motorway, so the M50 between firhouse and the Toll bridge is a myth.
http://www.sdublincoco.ie/index.aspx?pageid=539&deptid=12
Hence I wouldn't trust their network information!

Next check out dun laoighaire Rathdown.
the length of their motorway network is allegedly 10 kms.
So they believe that the M50 between Firhouse and Shankill is 10 KM long!!!.
http://www.dlrcoco.ie/roads/transportation.html#Design
Hence I definitely wouldn't trust their network information!

As for Fingal and Dublin city, FORGET IT!
Their websites are dreadful if you are looking for information on their road networks.

Try Kildare county council, again I'd question the integrity of their website, looking at the estimation of the size of the motorway network in their county
http://kildare.ie/countycouncil/Roads/roadnetwork/index.html
My advice is never trust a civil servant or public servant as some call them.

Victor

Those figures are out of date and are hardly pressing.