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The N7 road is a national primary road in Ireland, connecting Limerick and Dublin. The majority of the route (between Naas and Limerick) is motorway standard and is designated as the M7 motorway. At the Rosbrien interchange in Limerick the route continues as the N18 dual carriageway to Galway, Shannon and Ennis.
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Today's N7 begins at the Red Cow Interchange (locally nicknamed the "Mad Cow" interchange) with the M50. It heads southwest down Naas Road as a high speed dual carriageway. While there are some LILO junctions and access to private businesses, all crossover junctions have been removed. The last and most notorious of these was a set of traffic lights...
The original start of the N7 was in Dublin, at a junction with the N4 at Rory O'More Bridge. It then ran in both directions along Victoria Quay, past Heuston Station and into Inchicore on the old road past Kilmainham Gaol. With the opening of the Chapelizod Bypass in 1987, the first section became part of the N4, and the N7 now started at Inchicore...
Road trip from Naas Rd (N7) to Terenure, Dublin, showing the approach to the M50 and continuing onto the M50(S), before the removal of traffic lights at Newlands Cross. (Video published in November...
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1. M7 N7 Junction Maps
The first was the construction of the grade separation of the Naas, Belgard and Fonthill Roads at a location called Newlands Cross. This took place between 2013-2015, opening in May. It did not, however, constitute a new section of motorway, as the N7 Naas Road is dual carriageway only at this point.
The N7 road is a national primary road in Ireland, connecting Limerick and Dublin. The majority of the route (between Naas and Limerick) is motorway standard and is designated as the M7 motorway. At the Rosbrien interchange in Limerick the route continues as the N18 dual carriageway to Galway, Shannon and Ennis.
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The N7 between Dublin and Naas, known locally as the Naas Dual Carriageway, was extensively upgraded in 2006. It was widened to 6 lanes and had 4 new junctions added. Most local access was also closed off.
- Outer Ring Road, southwest of Dublin
- M7 Junction 9, east of Naas
- N82
The N7 is noted for two firsts in the history of Irish roads - the first substantial length of dual carriageway in Ireland, running 26 km (16 mi) from Dublin to Naas which was completed in 1968 and also Ireland's first section of motorway, the 8 km (5.0 mi) Naas Bypass, opened in 1983 bypassing the original route through the town.
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[11] [dead link] On 26 June 1996, while driving her red Opel Calibra, Guerin stopped at a red traffic light on the Naas Dual Carriageway near Newlands Cross, on the outskirts of Dublin, unaware she was being followed. She was then shot six times, fatally, by one of two men sitting on a motorcycle. [12]
