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The N11 and the curious curve towards Enniscorthyt y

  • 01-05-2019 1:13pm
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    veryangryman
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    Wondering the history of this. Theres a much straighter road towards wexford through curracloe etc. Why did the roads authority send people 2 sides of a triangle back in the day.

    Same as old N6 dipping south to loughrea. What was the logic


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  • #2
    loyatemu
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    veryangryman wrote: »
    Wondering the history of this. Theres a much straighter road towards wexford through curracloe etc. Why did the roads authority send people 2 sides of a triangle back in the day.

    Same as old N6 dipping south to loughrea. What was the logic

    so the road would serve Enniscorthy I guess. The original coach roads went from town to town, the modern N roads still mostly follow those routes.


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    Carawaystick
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    You also had the N78(N30) and N80 connecting to Enniscorthy


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    L1011
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    Enniscorthy was the long term way the majority of traffic went, was the indicated route even in a 30s atlas I had

    Loughrea was a state decision to re-sign the roads when changing numbering system The derelict 60s petrol stations on the old road via Athenry show the change in traffic that caused


  • #5
    loyatemu
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    the main Wexford road used to go through Rathdrum back in the days of T roads. I think it was diverted further east when it became the N11. There's a thread somewhere on this forum about the history of the main routes.


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    JupiterKid
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    loyatemu wrote: »
    the main Wexford road used to go through Rathdrum back in the days of T roads. I think it was diverted further east when it became the N11. There's a thread somewhere on this forum about the history of the main routes.


    Yes, indeed it did. The N11 used to be the T7 until the roads were redesignated in the 1970s. Just why it curved inland to run along the Vale of Avoca has always been a mystery to me - perhaps it is because the Dublin To Wexford rail line runs that way too?


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  • #7
    loyatemu
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    JupiterKid wrote: »
    Yes, indeed it did. The N11 used to be the T7 until the roads were redesignated in the 1970s. Just why it curved inland to run along the Vale of Avoca has always been a mystery to me - perhaps it is because the Dublin To Wexford rail line runs that way too?

    again, legacy of the coach routes (which predate the railways) I'd say.
    Probably went Bray - Wicklow - Rathdrum - Arklow


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